The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is a 2024 anime film and a prequel to The Lord of the Rings motion picture trilogy directed by Kenji Kamiyama and based on characters by J. R. R. Tolkien.

Directed by Kenji Kamiyama. Written by Jeffrey Addiss, Will Matthews, Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou.

History becomes legend. (taglines)

Helm Hammerhand

• Riders of the Mark, Brothers of Rohan, arise!
• Rohan still stands!
• You do not seek an alliance, you seek a throne.
• You know nothing of war.
• We have faced down death, famine, war, to hold these lands together.
• When the songs of this day are sung, when the names of its heroes are read, we will stand!

Hèra

• I pledge to fight for my king.
• Our fathers speak as if I were not even in the room.
• It isn't that I don't wish to marry you, Wulf. I don't wish to marry any man.
• The boy I knew would never wish for war.
• I'm the fastest rider you have.
• We have to get our people out!
• I know you feel like you've lost everything, but I'm still with you, father. I'm still here.
• I am bride to no one.
• You may wear a crown upon your head, but that does not make you a king!

Wulf

• Hèra, daughter of Helm. I, Wulf, seek your hand in marriage.
• He's dead! You will pay for this with your life.
• The boy you knew is gone.
• Your people will perish.
• First, I will kill your brothers, then your father. With or without honor, I will take the throne.
• You think I am afraid of you? [Hèra: You should be.]

Freca

• We've come with an offer to strengthen Rohan.
• You do not command the royalty you think you do.
• You will live to regret this, old man.

Éowyn

• [narrating] All Middle-earth knows the tale of the War of the Ring. But 200 years before that, there was an older tale.
• [narrating] It is not easy to hold on to hope when an ill wind blows. Winter bit hard that year. Yet still, the siege held fast.
• [narrating] Night after night, a ghostly horn echoed in the Deep, the harbinger of death. Fear took hold of Wulf's men. Whispers spread that Helm Hammerhand was human no more. He bore no weapon, and no weapon could smite him. A terror born of madness and grief, a wraith.

Others

• Wrot: What does Mordor want with rings anyway?
• Saruman: If you should ever be in need of assistance, my lord.

Cast

• Brian Cox as Helm Hammerhand
• Gaia Wise as Hèra
• Luke Pasqualino as Wulf
• Miranda Otto as Éowyn
• Lorraine Ashbourne as Olwyn
• Yazdan Qafouri as Hama
• Benjamin Wainwright as Haleth
• Laurence Ubong Williams as Fréaláf Hildeson
• Shaun Dooley as Freca
• Michael Wildman as General Targg
• Jude Akuwudike as Lord Throne
• Bilal Hasna as Lief
• Janine Duvitski as Old Pennicruik
• Christopher Lee as Saruman the White (archival recording)
• Billy Boyd as Shank
• Dominic Monaghan as Wrot

Taglines

• History becomes legend.
• Hope has yet to abandon these lands.
• Beyond doubt, beyond despair, lies true courage.

See also

• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

External links

• The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Official Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Site