Knightfall VFX Breakdown
Knightfall is a historical fiction drama television series created by Don Handfield and Richard Rayner for the History channel. Filmed in the Czech Republic and Croatia, it premiered on December 6, 2017 in the United States.
Knightfall recounts the fall, persecution, and burning at the stake of the Knights Templar, as orchestrated by King Philip IV of France on October 13, 1307. The series focuses on the fictional Templar leader Landry du Lauzon, a brave warrior discouraged by the Templars' failures in the Holy Land who is reinvigorated by news that the Holy Grail has resurfaced.
KNIGHTFALL follows the Knights Templar, the elite warriors of the Crusade, after the Fall of Acre in which both the Holy Land and the Holy Grail were lost. We join the Knights Templar years later in Paris, where the mysterious death of their Temple Master leaves behind a clue about the Grail and its whereabouts, sending them on a mission to find the lost Cup of Christ. KNIGHTFALL focuses on timeless themes such as belief, sacrifice, politics, love and revenge, and recounts the complex and bloody relationships between the Knights, the Church, and the Kingdom of Philip the Fair, and the dark events leading to the demise of the Templar Order.
Knightfall is a historical fiction drama television series created by Don Handfield and Richard Rayner for the History channel. Filmed in the Czech Republic and Croatia, it premiered on December 6, 2017 in the United States.
KNIGHTFALL follows the Knights Templar, the elite warriors of the Crusade, after the Fall of Acre in which both the Holy Land and the Holy Grail were lost. We join the Knights Templar years later in Paris, where the mysterious death of their Temple Master leaves behind a clue about the Grail and its whereabouts, sending them on a mission to find the lost Cup of Christ. KNIGHTFALL focuses on timeless themes such as belief, sacrifice, politics, love and revenge, and recounts the complex and bloody relationships between the Knights, the Church, and the Kingdom of Philip the Fair, and the dark events leading to the demise of the Templar Order.