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Vichinghi e popoli del Nord - ...A volte ritornano: i Templari

Nominated Audience Award, European Film Awards: Best Film

Arn: The Knight Templar

(Arn: Tempelriddaren)

2007, regia di Peter Flinth

Scheda: Nazione: GB-Svezia-Danimarca-Norvegia-Finlandia-Germania - Produzione: AMC Pictures, Arion Communications Ltd., Svensk Filmindustri, Telepool, Film i Väst, TV4 Sweden, Danmarks Radio, Yleisradio, TV2 Norge, Dagsljus Filmequipment, Europa Film Sound Production, Sheba Productions Ltd., Juonifilmi, Molinare Studio, SF Norge A/S, Telepool, Tju-Bang Film - Distribuzione: Svensk Filmindustri AB, FS Film Oy - Soggetto: dai romanzi di Jan Guillou - Sceneggiatura: Hans Gunnarsson - Fotografia: Eric Kress - Montaggio: Olivier Bugge Coutté, Anders Villadsen - Art Direction: Frederic Evard, Linda Janson - Costumi: Kicki Ilander - Musiche: Tuomas Kantelinen - Effetti speciali: Artem, Cinesite, Filmgate, Panorama film & teatereffekter - Formato: Color - Durata: 139'.

Cast: Joakim Nätterqvist, Sofia Helin, Stellan Skarsgård, Vincent Perez, Simon Callow, Steven Waddington, Bibi Andersson, Gustaf Skarsgård, Michael Nyqvist, Milind Soman.

Trama e commenti: thefilmcatalogue.com - cineuropa.org: «Il film narra la storia di Arn Magnusson (l'esordiente Joakim Nättervist), nato nella Svezia occidentale nel 1150, e allevato per diventare un uomo raffinato ed un esperto spadaccino. Arn si innamora di Cecilia (Sofia Helin), ma i due sono costretti a separarsi, ed il giovane, divenuto Cavaliere del Tempio, viene mandato in Terra Santa, dove infuria la guerra tra cristiani e musulmani. Tra gli altri interpreti ci sono Stellan Skarsgård, Simon Callow, Vincent Perez e Bibi Andersson» (Annika Pham).

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb - allmovie.com - en.wikipedia.org - filmbyen.no - moviehamlet.com - moviezine.se - uncut.dk - bio.nu - european-films.net - russin.nu - zelluloid.de - moviebox.se - catrinr.typepad.com: «...Remember medieval drama Tre Solar anyone? That was a really, really stinky film set in Sweden during the dark times of the plague. ... The original plot (in the novels) follows Arn Magnusson, who is part of the powerful Folkung dynasty in the middle 12th century. He grows up in a monastery belonging to the Cistercians. He is trained in archery, swordsmanship and horsemanship by a former Knights Templar, who is serving a penance as a monk for a sin. When he returns to his family, he is soon pulled into the power struggle between the powerful families, all fighting for the crown of the young nation that is to become the Kingdom of Sweden. He helps his friend Knut Erikssonto kill the old king Karl Sverkersson. This leads to war between the two fractions. However Arn and his fiance Cecilia Algotsdotter have pre-marital relations and for political reasons they are excommunicated and are forced to undertake twenty years of penance. Cecilia Algotsdotter in a monastery and Arn as a Knight Templar in the Holy Land to fight against the Saracens...».

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