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Time Bandits

Turkish title: Zaman Haydutları

“…they didn’t make history, they stole it!”

1981 · 1 h 50 min
Directed by Terry Gilliam
AdventureComedyFantasy

Cast

Sean Connery Shelley Duvall John Cleese Katherine Helmond Ian Holm Michael Palin

Plot

An eleven-year-old boy, Kevin, is whisked away from his bedroom by six dwarfs who have stolen a map of the holes in time from the Supreme Being. Together they jump from Napoleon's army to Robin Hood, the Titanic and the Land of Legends, chased by the Evil Genius who wants the map. Written by Gilliam and Michael Palin.

Sinekatalog’s take

A dark, inventive children's fantasy with strong set design and mordant humour. It has more menace than most family films, and its ending is jolting.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (75,112 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.