Product Details

• Actors: Derek Jacobi, Michael Culver, Julian Firth, Terrence Hardiman, Mark Charnock
• Directors: Sebastian Graham Jones
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Acorn Media
• DVD Release Date: July 8, 2003
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00009MEAM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #197,305 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Cadfael - The Sanctuary Sparrow" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Twelfth-century Shrewsbury comes to life in Ellis Peters’ Cadfael stories, a PBS Mystery! favorite starring Sir Derek Jacobi (I, Claudius; Gladiator). When Shrewsbury’s goldsmith is robbed and left for dead, drunken locals decide the guilty party must be Liliwin, an itinerant juggler who was performing at the wedding feast of the goldsmith’s son. The mob pursues the young man through the streets to the abbey where he frantically seeks the sanctuary of the altar. Cadfael believes Liliwin is innocent, but his search for the truth leads to the discovery of an even deadlier sin. DVD special features include exclusive audio comments by Derek Jacobi, Ellis Peters biography and booklist, English subtitles, filmographies and scene index.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Under the certainty of Heaven nothing is certain.", August 10, 2001

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bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cadfael - The Sanctuary Sparrow (DVD)

When the town's goldsmith is robbed and left for dead, falls on a young juggler who was performing at the wedding feast of the goldsmith's son.

Pursued by the mob, the young entertainer stumbles through the town to the Abby where he seeks the sanctuary of the Alter. Cadfael is given the job of keeping an eye on the youngster while the authorities investigate. But his discrete inquiries are cut short when the goldsmith's neighbor is found dead floating in the river.

There is complexity or the beauty in the film as father Cadfael along with my favorite Hugh Beringar (Sean Pertwee) search for truth and justice using forensics, intuition and logic.


Cadfael - The Holy Thief

5.0 out of 5 stars Halo mysteries, April 13, 2010

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This review is from: Cadfael - The Sanctuary Sparrow (DVD)

If your a Cadfael fan, then there's not a bad flick in a carload. Plenty of mystery and no shortage of Monks.Derek Jacobi was made for this roll. He never disappoints

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good Cadfael movie, April 3, 1999

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This review is from: Brother Cadfael: The Sanctuary Sparrow [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a very good movie. The story is true to the book, and I really liked the book. The reason I gave it four stars instead of five is because a few of the memorable lines from the book that were spoken by characters other than Cadfael were split up in the movie so that he completed some of them. For example, when the crowd comes chasing after the minstrel Lilliwin, it really was more appropriate for the ABBOT to say, "Put up your weapons or court your soul's damnation." I think it would have been presumptious for a lay brother to say such a thing unless he was an ordained priest, who had the power to excommunicate. But other than that, the movie was as good as the book in every respect, and it's worth seeing.