2009·

Holy Grail in America

Name: Holy Grail in America
Genre: TV Movie, Documentary
Released: 2009-09-20
Duration: 87 min

In 1898, a Minnesota farmer clearing trees from his field uprooted a large stone covered with mysterious runes that tell a story of land acquisition and murder. The stone allegedly dates back to 1362. Initially thought to be a hoax, new evidence suggests the find could be real, and a clue that the Knights Templar discovered America 100 years before Columbus, perhaps bringing with them history's greatest treasure... the Holy Grail. Follow the clues as experts use erosion studies on the rune stone and match symbols in Templar ruins all over Europe to support this theory. Stones with similar markings have been found on islands across the Atlantic Ocean, and in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Is it possible the Knights Templar, long thought to have been massacred, escaped on an incredible journey and were leaving clues to the whereabouts of the stone?

DirectorAndy AwesCinematographyBo HakalaStudioCommittee Films

Overview Discussion

Actor	Role
James LurieNarrator (voice)	Narrator (voice)
AAlice KehoeHerself - Anthropologist	Herself - Anthropologist
AAnatoly LibermanHimself - Philologist, University of Minnesota	Himself - Philologist, University of Minnesota
DDarwin OhmanHimself - Grandson of Olof Ohman	Himself - Grandson of Olof Ohman
SScott WolterHimself - Forensic Geologist & Author, The Hooked X	Himself - Forensic Geologist & Author, The Hooked X
TTom TrowHimself - Past Archaeologist, Minnesota Historical Society	Himself - Past Archaeologist, Minnesota Historical Society
FFlorian LedermannHimself - Past President, Runestone Museum	Himself - Past President, Runestone Museum
JJames ScherzHimself - Prehistoric Cartographer	Himself - Prehistoric Cartographer
SSimon BrightonHimself - Author, In Search of the Knights Templar	Himself - Author, In Search of the Knights Templar
EErling HaagensenHimself - Author, The Templar's Secret Island	Himself - Author, The Templar's Secret Island
SSteven SoraHimself - Author, The Lost Colony of the Templars	Himself - Author, The Lost Colony of the Templars
AAshley CowieHimself - Author, The Rosslyn Templar	Himself - Author, The Rosslyn Templar
EEvan PritchardHimself - Director, Center for Algonquin Culture	Himself - Director, Center for Algonquin Culture
NNiven SinclairHimself - Clan Sinclair Patriarch	Himself - Clan Sinclair Patriarch
CCarmen LeggeHerself - President, New Ross Historical Society	Herself - President, New Ross Historical Society
DDavid BrodyHimself - Chair, Westford Knight Committee	Himself - Chair, Westford Knight Committee
VVirginia KimballHerself - Westford Knight Historian	Herself - Westford Knight Historian
BBruce BourqueHimself - Archaeologist, Maine State Museum	Himself - Archaeologist, Maine State Museum
RRoslyn StrongHerself - New England Antiquities Research Association	Herself - New England Antiquities Research Association
Richard LynchHimself - New England Antiquities Research Association	Himself - New England Antiquities Research Association
WWilliam PenhallowHimself - Astronomer & Physicist	Himself - Astronomer & Physicist
SSuzanne CarlsonHerself - Architect & President of NEARA	Herself - Architect & President of NEARA
AAkram EliasHimself - Freemasonic Grand Master	Himself - Freemasonic Grand Master
Kelly KrauseHerself - Archaeologist	Herself - Archaeologist