The story of a clash that defined the future of a country – and a continent – for a thousand years. Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy were two men destined to meet at the Battle of Hastings in 1066; two allies with no design on the British throne found themselves forced by circumstance and personal obsession into a war for possession of its crown.
James Norton
as Harold, Earl of Wessex
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
as William, Duke of Normandy
Clémence Poésy
as Matilda
Emily Beecham
as Edith Swan-neck
Eddie Marsan
as King Edward
Juliet Stevenson
as Lady Emma
Jean-Marc Barr
as King Henry
Luther Ford
as Tostig
Geoff Bell
as Godwin
Elliot Cowan
as Sweyn
Bo Bragason
as Queen Gunhild
Bjarne Henriksen
as Earl Siward
Clare Holman
as Gytha
Oliver Masucci
as Baldwin
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson
as Fitzosbern
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