Star Knight story

movie: Star Knight (1985) · 1985-12-20

A knight sets out to rescue a princess from a dragon, but the dragon turns out to really be an alien spacecraft. The film is also know as The Knight of the Dragon (Spanish: El caballero del dragón).

13 total · 5 major · 8 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
extraterrestrial being major Princess Alba found her knight in shining armor in a spaceman by the name of IX.
father and daughter major The Count of Rue and his beloved daughter Princess Alba.
romantic love major Princess Alba found her knight in shining armor in a spaceman by the name of IX.
science as magic to the primitive major The inhabitants of a Medieval-era territory believed an alien spaceship to be a dragon, and its occupant either an angel or devil depending on the person.
speculative spaceship major What the inhabitants of a Medieval-era territory believed to be a dragon turned out to be an alien spaceship.
alchemy minor The film opened with a quotation from the pesudoaristotelian treatise The Secret of Secrets about the transmutation of base lead into pure gold.
attitude of superiority minor marry a lowly peasants
chivalry minor The knight Klever challenged the spaceman to a joust over Princess Alba in the name of chivalry.
European dragon minor The inhabitants of a Medieval-era territory were all up in arms about a dragon, although it actually turned out to be an alien spaceship.
speculative full body outfit minor The spaceman wore a special black suit that not only let him breathe his native atmosphere, but also functioned as an impenetrable suit of armor.