Игра престолов (1 сезон) — A 2011 American fantasy television series based on the "Song of Ice and Fire" novel series. George R. R. R. Martin
Production: HBO Television, USA, 2011
Filmmaker: Tim Van Patten, Brian Kirk, Daniel Minahan, Alan Taylor.
Scriptwriter: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, George R.R. Martin, Brian Cogman
Starring: Sean Bean, Mark Eddy, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Michelle Fairley, Lina Headey, Emilia Clarke, Iain Glen, Aidan Gillen, Harry Lloyd, Jason Momoa
Duration: 10 episodes of 50 minutes
The plot of the TV series Game of Thrones (season 1):
The action of the series takes place presumably in the Middle Ages in a state called "Seven Kingdoms". The king governs the kingdom, but local power is held by powerful lords who have not only their own lands but also armies.
The king had to reckon with the opinions of his powerful vassals, because they defended the kingdom from external enemies, and the king had no large army of his own. But the king still had supreme power and there was a fierce struggle among the lords for influence over the monarch.
One day, King Robert Baratheon comes to visit Lord Ned Stark, Guardian of the North. Baratheon once wanted to marry Ned's sister so he could be related to Stark. But after his sister's death, he took Cersei, daughter of the powerful Lord Lannister of the South, as his wife.
To neutralize the influence of the Lannisters in his entourage, the king asks Stark to become his chief advisor or the so-called Hand of the King.
Since Stark was not only a vassal of the king, but was on friendly terms with him, he willingly accepts the offer.
See also: Prisoner of Ife Castle
When Stark arrived in the capital, he saw the desolate state of the kingdom. Massive debts, empty coffers. The king had all but withdrawn himself from running the kingdom, and the Lannisters were in charge. But the most important thing Stark learned was that the king's eldest son, sixteen-year-old Geoffrey, was not his son at all. He was the result of the queen's inbreeding with his brother Jaime.
Stark is about to report everything to the king, but he dies after being badly injured on a hunting trip. Before he dies, he writes a letter bequeathing the kingdom to Stark until Geoffrey is eighteen.
But the Queen, along with the Lannisters, destroys the letter and Stark is thrown behind bars. Geoffrey declares himself king and orders all of Stark's men in the capital to be killed.
Узнав об этом, старший сын Старка поднимает свое войско и фактически объявляет войну королю…