Arn - Tempelriddaren (2007)

Director:

Peter Flinth

Writers:

Jan Guillou (novel)
Hans Gunnarsson (screenplay)

Release Date:

25 December 2007 (Sweden)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance | War

Plot:

Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love. |

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Cast

Joakim Nätterqvist	...	Arn Magnusson
Sofia Helin	...	Cecilia Algotsdotter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Morgan Alling	...	Eskil Magnusson
Bibi Andersson	...	Mother Rikissa
Joy Andersson	...	Canoness
Johan Arrenius	...	Young Knut
Mikael Bohlin	...	Young Eskil
Tomas Bolme	...	Priest
Nicholas Boulton	...	Gerard De Ridefort
Josef Cahoon	...	Sigge Folkesson
Simon Callow	...	Father Henry
Jakob Cedergren	...	Ebbe Sunesson
Anders Baasmo Christiansen	...	Harald
Julia Dufvenius	...	Helena Sverkersson
Lina Englund	...	Katarina Algotsdotter
Christian Fiedler	...	Karle
Titus Fisher	...	Master at Arms 2
Thomas W. Gabrielsson	...	Emund Ulvbane (as Thomas Waern Gabrielsson)
Nicklas Gustavsson	...	Gunnar
Annika Hallin	...	Sister Leone
Donald Högberg	...	Algot Pålsson
Douglas Johansson	...	Brother Stefan
Tobias Karlsson	...	Arnäs Hirdman
Barnaby Kay	...	Frankish Knight 1
Joel Kinnaman	...	Sverker Karlsson
Charmouti Laarbi	...	Frankish Knight 3
Jørgen Langhelle	...	Erik Jedvardsson (as Jörgen Langhelle)
Charlotta Larsson	...	Dorotea Röriksdotter
Josefin Ljungman	...	Gunvor
Svante Martin	...	Karl Sverkersson
Michael Nyqvist	...	Magnus Folkesson
Nijas Ørnbak-Fjeldmose	...	Sune Folkesson
Elise Pärnenen	...	Alde (as Elise Pärnänen)
Vincent Perez	...	Brother Guilbert
Göran Ragnerstam	...	Bishop
Fanny Risberg	...	Cecilia 'Blanka' Ulfsdotter
Driss Roukhe	...	Fakhir
Noa Samenius	...	Young Arn
Frank Sieckel	...	Sigfried De Turenne
Robert Sjöblom	...	Hirdman Sven
Bill Skarsgård	...	Erik Knutsson
Gustaf Skarsgård	...	Knut Eriksson
Stellan Skarsgård	...	Birger Brosa
Valter Skarsgård	...	Jon Knutsson
Milind Soman	...	Saladin
Magnus Stenius	...	Knight
Ingmar Svensson	...	Priest
Mikael Svensson	...	Soldier
Sven-Bertil Taube	...	Bishop
Karl Oscar Törnros	...	Joar (as Carl Oscar Törnros)
Mirja Turestedt	...	Sigrid
Bisse Unger	...	Young Arn
Steven Waddington	...	Torroja
Martin Wallström	...	Magnus Månsköld
Bo Wettergren	...	Hirdman Svante
Robert Willox	...	Master at Arms #1
Alex Wyndham	...	Armand De Gascogne
Chems-Eddine Zinoune	...	Saladin's Servant (as Zinoun Chams-Eddine)

Also Known As:

Arn - Tempelridderen (Denmark) (Norway)
Arn - Temppeliritari (Finland)
Arn 1 (Sweden) (working title)
Arn: The Knight Templar (International: English title)

Runtime:

139 min

Country:

UK | Sweden | Denmark | Norway | Finland | Germany

Language:

Swedish | English | Arabic | French | Latin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-13 | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK

Company:

Arion Communications Ltd.

Trivia:

Swedish Public Service (SVT) withdrew support from the project only months before it's release, citing lack of quality and unsatisfying amount of material as main reasons. The studio (SF) instead claimed the disagreement was due to budget concerns. Rival broadcaster TV4 stepped in as co-financier.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Arns mother is about to die, he walks outside the monastery and sees a man practicing with a bow. At a distance, you can see the man shoot his third arrow. But when closing up, he shots again, this time it is also his third arrow (in both shots you can see two (2) arrows stuck in the target).

Quotes:

Saladin: This is my brother, Fakhr.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Arn - Riket vid vägens slut (2008)

Read the books

This was supposed too bee the most expensive movie made in Scandinavia. Money is not everything when making a movie. Jan Guillous books about Arn the Templar are great reading. Again someone are trying too make film of good books, and by doing so destroy some of the greatness of the book. The only thing they where lucky with in this film, was the casting of the main character Arn. The other persons disappear and the story too. A lot of the essential is gone. The battle scenes are simple. They cant make a battle like this on screen after all the great films lately like Gladiator, Braveheart, The Patriot, Gettysburg, Troja, Lord of the Rings and so on. Shame on you director.