Black Angel

Black Angel is a 1980 British short fantasy film that was shown before the theatrical release of The Empire Strikes Back in certain locales. It was the directorial debut of Star Wars art director Roger Christian. The film negative was thought to be lost until it was rediscovered in December 2011. In June 2015, it was announced that Christian was working on a feature film adaptation of Black Angel which would be partly funded through crowd-funding site Indiegogo. Premise Sir Maddox, a medieval knight, returns from the Crusades to find his home rife with sickness and his family gone. As he journeys through this mystical realm he encounters a mysterious and beautiful maiden, who appears to him as he is drowning. Sir Maddox learns that the maiden is being held prisoner by a black knight and in order to free her he must confront her captor, the Black Angel. Cast Tony Vogel – Sir Maddox James Gibb – Anselm John Young – Old Man Patricia Christian – Maiden Colin Booth, Yvonne Finlayson, Ian MacMillan – Children of the Sickness Production The film was shot at Eilean Donan in Scotland in late 1979. The budget of £25,000 was given to Roger Christian by an Eady Scheme fund from the British government.