Zardoz

Beyond 1984, Beyond 2001, Beyond Love, Beyond Death.

Genres

FantasyActionThrillerScience Fiction

OverView

In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.

Others

Budget

$1570000

Revenue

$1800000

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

5.94/10

Release Date

06 February 1974

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Sean Connery

Zed

Charlotte Rampling

Consuella

Sara Kestelman

May

John Alderton

Friend

Sally Anne Newton

Avalow

Niall Buggy

Arthur Frayn / Zardoz

Bosco Hogan

George Saden

Jessica Swift

Apathetic

Bairbre Dowling

Star

Christopher Casson

Old Scientist

Reginald Jarman

Death (voice)

John Boorman

Farming Brutal Shot by Zed (uncredited)

Katrine Boorman

Young Eternal (uncredited)

Telsche Boorman

Young Eternal (uncredited)

David de Keyser

Tabernacle (voice) (uncredited)

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