The Hexer (film)

Wiedźmin (The Hexer or The Witcher in English) is a 2001 Polish fantasy film by director Marek Brodzki, starring Michał Żebrowski as main character Geralt of Rivia. The story is based on the books and stories of The Witcher written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.

Contents

• Plot
• Cast
• References

The film is essentially the then-unreleased TV series chopped into about 2 hours, and received very poor reviews from both fans and critics. Sapkowski himself in several interviews laconically expressed his negative opinion about the film: "I can answer only with a single word, an obscene, albeit a short one." "I am a Polish Catholic, it is Lent now; I cannot utter swear words."

The 13-episode TV series came out the following year. The series was much more coherent than the confusing film, but was still considered a failure mostly due to the film's already bad reputation and due to vast changes to the source material. However, critics praised the acting and music by Grzegorz Ciechowski.

Plot

The TV series and the film were loosely based on Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher (Wiedźmin) book series.

Cast

Michał Żebrowski as Geralt of Rivia

Zbigniew Zamachowski as Dandelion

Maciej Kozłowski as Falwick

Tomasz Sapryk as Dermot Marranga

Kinga Ilgner as Renfri

Grażyna Wolszczak as Yennefer

Ewa Wiśniewska as Calanthe

Andrzej Chyra as Borch Three Jackdaws

Anna Dymna as Nenneke

Agata Buzek as Pavetta

Jarosław Boberek as Yarpen Zigrin

Dorota Kamińska as Eithne

Wojciech Duryasz as Old Witcher

Józef Para as Druid of Kaer Morhen

Daniel Olbrychski as Filavandrel