Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.

Matthew Broderick
as Phillipe Gaston

Rutger Hauer
as Captain Etienne Navarre

Michelle Pfeiffer
as Isabeau d'Anjou

Alfred Molina
as Cezar

John Wood
as Bishop of Aquila

Leo McKern
as Father Imperius

Ken Hutchison
as Marquet

Giancarlo Prete
as Fornac

Loris Loddi
as Jehan

Charles Borromel
as Insane Prisoner
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Matthew Broderick is quite spritely in this mystical adventure. He breaks out from prison, using the sewers ("just like leaving the womb") where he, luckily, encounters "Navarre" (Rutger Hauer) just as he is about to become toast. The man travels with a hawk, and soon we discover that he and the haw...