Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King

Explore the amazing connections between real-world history and the epic events of The Lord of the Rings trilogy!

Documentary exploring the parallels between 'The Return of the King' and real events and people in history.

Documentary History TV Movie

John Rhys-Davies

(Self / Narrator)

Elijah Wood

(Self)

Hugo Weaving

(Self)

Peter Jackson

(Self)

Ian McKellen

(Self)

Jock Ferguson

(Self - William Wallace Re-enactor)

Jock Ferguson

(Self - Scottish Historian)

Michael Drout

(Self - Tolkien Expert)

Susan Doran

(Self - Oxford University)

David Loades

(Self - Author, 'Elizabeth I')

Theodore Roosevelt

(Self (archive footage))

Tweed Roosevelt

(Self - Theodore Roosevelt's Great-Grandson)

Michael Zuckerman

(Self - Benjamin Franklin Expert)

Christopher Lee

(Self)

Czar Nicholas II of Russia

(Self (archive footage))

Tsarina Alexandra

(Self (archive footage))

Richard Pipes

(Self - Russian Historian)

Vladimir Lenin

(Self (archive footage))

Lynette Nusbacher

(Self - English Historian)

David Wenham

(Self)

James M. McPherson

(Self - Civil War Historian)

Philippa Boyens

(Self - Co-Screenwriter)

Adolf Hitler

(Self (archive footage))

Winston Churchill

(Self (archive footage))

Bob Doe

(Self - World War II RAF Pilot)

Gary Moulton

(Self - Lewis and Clark Expert)

Billy Boyd

(Self)

Orlando Bloom

(Self)

Tenzing Norgay

(Self (archive footage))

Edmund Hillary

(Self (archive footage))

Broughton Coburn

(Self - Everest Expert)

Jamling Tenzing Norgay

(Self - Son of Tenzing Norgay)

Sean Astin

(Self)

Allen Counter

(Self - Peary Expedition Historian)

Robert Peary Stafford

(Self - Robert A. Peary Great-grandson)