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Status
Released
Release
2003
Runtime
52m
"Explore the amazing connections between real-world history and the epic events of The Lord of the Rings trilogy!"
Documentary exploring the parallels between 'The Return of the King' and real events and people in history.
35 Cast Members
John Rhys-Davies
Self / Narrator
Elijah Wood
Self
Hugo Weaving
Self
Peter Jackson
Self
Ian McKellen
Self
Jock Ferguson
Self - William Wallace Re-enactor
Jock Ferguson
Self - Scottish Historian
Michael Drout
Self - Tolkien Expert
Susan Doran
Self - Oxford University
David Loades
Self - Author, 'Elizabeth I'
Theodore Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Tweed Roosevelt
Self - Theodore Roosevelt's Great-Grandson
Michael Zuckerman
Self - Benjamin Franklin Expert
Christopher Lee
Self
Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Self (archive footage)
Tsarina Alexandra
Self (archive footage)
Richard Pipes
Self - Russian Historian
Vladimir Lenin
Self (archive footage)
Lynette Nusbacher
Self - English Historian
David Wenham
Self
