History Film / TristanAndIsolde

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Inverted. Marke is Tristan's uncle in the mythology, but ij the film he is Tristan's father's friend who saves his life when his father is killed by Irish raiders and raises him like a son. The role of Marke's nephew is instead given to the character Melot, who was not related to Marke in the prior sources.

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Inverted. Marke is Tristan's uncle in the mythology, but I'm he film he is Tristan's father's friend who saves his life when his father is killed by Irish raiders and raises him like a son.

The 2006 film based on the legend of Literature/TristanAndIseult. It stars Creator/JamesFranco and Creator/SophiaMyles as the eponymous lovers of the title; they fell in love after Tristan is left for dead and the Irish princess Isolde and her nurse tend to his wounds, causing the affection between Tristan and Isolde to grow, but things turn sour when Isolde (who is deeply in love with Tristan) learns she is instead to be betrothed to his lord and father figure Marke. The film also attempts to be as realistic as possible for the setting, one example being that there is no mention of [[Myth/ArthurianLegend King Arthur,]] who usually is present, at least in the background, of most versions of the legend.

The 2006 film based on the legend of ''Literature/TristanAndIseult''. It stars Creator/JamesFranco and Creator/SophiaMyles as the eponymous lovers of the title; they fell in love after Tristan is left for dead and the Irish princess Isolde and her nurse tend to his wounds, causing the affection between Tristan and Isolde to grow, but things turn sour when Isolde (who is deeply in love with Tristan) learns she is instead to be betrothed to his lord and father figure Marke. The film also attempts to be as realistic as possible for the setting, one example being that there is no mention of King Arthur, who usually is present, at least in the background, of most versions of the legend.

The 2006 film based on the legend of ''Literature/TristanAndIseult''. It stars Creator/JamesFranco and Creator/SophiaMyles as the eponymous lovers of the title; they fell in love after Tristan is left for dead and the Irish princess Isolde and her nurse tend to his wounds, causing the affection between Tristan and Isolde to grow, but things turn sour when Isolde (who is deeply in love with Tristan) learns she is instead to be betrothed to his uncle Marke. The film also attempts to be as realistic as possible for the setting, one example being that there is no mention of King Arthur, who usually is present, at least in the background, of most of the adaptations of the legend.

* IntimateLotionApplication: One scene has Isolde rubbing an ointment into Tristan's chest wound in an intimate fashion, and she's embarrassed when Bragne walks in on them, instantly pulling back her hand from his chest.

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Inverted. Marke is Tristan's uncle in the mythology, but is just someone who saves his life in the film.

* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: Mentioned briefly at the end by Isolde, who is presumably pregnant with Tristan's child.

* TogetherInDeath: Averted, Isolde lives and speaks the last lines of the film - about Tristan.

* ArtisticLicenceHistory: While the Irish ''did'' actually [[AluminumChristmasTrees invade Britain at one point during the Dark Ages]], their forces were nowhere near as powerful as shown in the film. British forces were more concerned with fighting off the Anglo-Saxons than the Irish.

* YourCheatingHeart: Unable to be with Tristan, Isolde resorts to trysts with him that they kept secret from her husband, King Marke, who is also Tristan's uncle.

* LoveTriangle: Isolde loves Tristan, Marke is betrothed to Isolde for political reasons, Tristan loves Isolde. Made complicated by the fact that Marke and Tristan love each other as surrogate father and son.

* StarCrossedLovers: Kind of a given, considering its foundation in the [[{{Tearjerker}} tragic]] legend.

* ArtisticLicenceHistory: While the Irish ''did'' actually [[AluminumChristmasTrees invade Britain at one point during TheDarkAges]], their forces were nowhere near as powerful as shown in the film. British forces were more concerned with fighting off the Anglo-Saxons than the Irish.

* MortalWoundReveal: To Tristan near the beginning of the film. His wound initially appears not that serious, but just as we're informed that the weapon was poisoned he collapses, apparently dead. Being the protagonist, [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt he gets better]], but his friends aren't GenreSavvy enough to know that.

-> Before Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet, there was...

* YouFailHistoryForever: So apparently, the Irish oppressed the British at some point in history.
** At the beginning of TheDarkAges, they ''did''. Irish raiders attacked the west coast of Britain and took slaves. However, Ireland was nowhere near as powerful as portrayed here, and the British Celts were much more concerned with fighting the Anglo-Saxons invading their country than the Irish.
* BittersweetEnding: Tristan dies during the epic battle at the end, though Isolde is left alive, mourning her love. Potentially, it could have a been a DownerEnding, since most adaptations of the story usually end with both [[TogetherInDeath the lovers dying together.]]

* LoveTriangle: Isolde loves Tristan, Marke is betrothed to Isolde for political reasons, Tristan loves Isolde.
** Made complicated by the fact that Marke and Tristan love each other as surrogate father and son.

* RomanticRunnerUp: Rufus [=Sewell=]'s role as the king who marries Isolde. He is also Tristan's uncle.
** Actually, in this version he's not Tristan's uncle, just a guy who saved his life. Melot is Marke's nephew for some reason.

The 2006 film based on the legend of ''Literature/TristanAndIseult''. It stars James [=Franco=] and Sophia [=Myles=] as the eponymous lovers of the title; they fell in love after Tristan is left for dead and the Irish princess Isolde and her nurse tend to his wounds, causing the affection between Tristan and Isolde to grow, but things turn sour when Isolde (who is deeply in love with Tristan) learns she is instead to be betrothed to his uncle Marke. The film also attempts to be as realistic as possible for the setting, one example being that there is no mention of King Arthur, who usually is present, at least in the background, of most of the adaptations of the legend.

* AllStarCast: To just mention it briefly, there is JamesFranco, Series/DoctorWho's Sophia Myles and DarkCity's Rufus Sewell as the main cast of intertwined lovers, plus Creator/MarkStrong and a pre-Superman Creator/HenryCavill.

* AllStarCast: To just mention it briefly, there is JamesFranco, Series/DoctorWho's Sophia Myles and DarkCity's Rufus Sewell as the main cast of intertwined lovers, plus MarkStrong and a pre-Superman HenryCavill.

* AllStarCast: To just mention it briefly, there is JamesFranco, DoctorWho's Sophia Myles and DarkCity's Rufus Sewell as the main cast of intertwined lovers, plus MarkStrong and a pre-Superman HenryCavill.

* AllStarCast: To just mention it briefly, there is James [[{{Spiderman}} Franco]], Sophia [[Film/{{Underworld}} Myles]] and Rufus [[AKnightsTale Sewell]] as the main cast of intertwined lovers.

--> Before Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet, there was...

* MeaningfulName: Counts for all the retellings: "Tristan" alludes to "triste" (French for "sad"), which foreshadows the DownerEnding of the love story.[[hottip:*:This is not the true etymology of the name, which goes back to the Welsh "Drystan" (Latinized "Drustanus"). It was specifically adapted to sound like "triste", however.]]

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