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{{Infobox film
| name =  Hero
| image =    Hero (1982 film).jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Barney Platts-Mills]]
| writer =  	Barney Platts-Mills
| starring =
| music = Jimmy Davidson <br />Al Fraser  <br />Paul Steen
| cinematography = Adam Barker-Mill
| editing =
| producer = Andrew St. John
| story =
| released ={{Film date|df=yes|1982}}
| language =[[Scottish Gaelic]]
}}
'''''Hero''''' is a 1982 British  [[Independent film|independent]] adventure-fantasy film written and directed by [[Barney Platts-Mills]]. Based on ''[[The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne]]'' from the [[Fenian Cycle]] of [[Scottish mythology]], the dialogue is spoken entirely in [[Scottish Gaelic]].<ref>{{cite book|last= |title= [[Variety Film Reviews]], Vol. 17|publisher=Bowker, 1989|isbn=9780824052171}}</ref>
The film was entered into the main competition at the [[39th Venice International Film Festival|39th edition]] of the [[Venice Film Festival]].<ref>Stefano Reggiani. "Ecco i film che a Venezia si contendono i Leoni d'oro". ''[[La Stampa]]'' (183). 28 July 1982.</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Forsyth Hardy|title=Scotland in Film|year=1990|publisher=Edinburgh University Press, 1990|isbn=0748601600|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/scotlandinfilm0000hard}}</ref>
==Plot==
{{no plot|date=December 2015}}
== Cast ==
* Derek McGuire 	as [[Diarmuid Ua Duibhne|Dermid O'Duinne]]
* Caroline Kenneil 	as Princess [[Gráinne|Grannia]]
* Alastair Kenneil 	as [[Fionn mac Cumhaill|Finn MacCumhaill]]
* Stewart Grant 	as [[Oisín|Osin]]
* Harpo Hamilton 	as [[Oscar (Irish mythology)|Oscar]]
==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0084065}}
[[Category:1980s adventure films]]
[[Category:1982 fantasy films]]
[[Category:Films based on Celtic mythology]]
[[Category:Films directed by Barney Platts-Mills]]
[[Category:British adventure films]]
[[Category:British fantasy films]]
[[Category:Fenian Cycle]]
[[Category:1982 drama films]]
[[Category:1982 films]]
[[Category:1980s British films]]
[[Category:Scottish Gaelic-language films]]
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