Title A Knight's Tale Overview William Thatcher, a peasant, is sent to apprentice with a Knight named Hector as a young boy. Urged by his father to change his Stars , he assumes Sir Hector's place in a tournament when Hector dies in the middle of it. He wins. With the other apprentices, he trains and assumes the title of Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein. Tagline He Will Rock You Genres Adventure, Drama, Romance, Action Keywords poetry, knight, tournament, duel, torture, writer, impostor, church, game, jousting, aftercreditsstinger Production Companies Columbia Pictures Corporation, Escape Artists, Black and Blu Entertainment, Finestkind Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 132 Release Year 2001
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