The Mists of Avalon
The Mists of Avalon is a novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley that re-tells the King Arthur myth from a feminist point of view. The main character is Morgaine (in the old sources often called Morgan Le Fay), and the book follows her life instead of Arthur's, thus removing the negative stigma attached to the character. In her book she depicts Morgaine as a woman fighting for Celtic culture in a country where Christianity threatens to destroy it. Arthur, in her novel, is a weak king, not able to resist the ideas of his Christan wife Guinevere. Marion Zimmer Bradley later expanded the book into a series.The book was Bradley's most successful and was adapted in 2001 by American cable channel TNT into a miniseries directed by Uli Edel.
Cast
Anjelica Huston as Viviane
Julianna Margulies as Morgaine
Joan Allen as Morgause
Samantha Mathis as Gwenwyfar
Caroline Goodall as Igraine
Edward Atterton as Arthur
Michael Vartan as Lancelot
Michael Byrne as Merlin
Hans Matheson as Mordred
Mark Lewis Jones as Uther
Clive Russell as Gorlois