Arn - The Knight Templar
The film about Arn and Cecilia is set in Sweden as well as the Middle East, and offers a rich gallery of brave knights, powerful queens and treacherous kings. It is a tale of war and intrigue, friendship and betrayal, but also an unforgettable love story.
Arn Magnussson is born in 1150 on Arnas farm in West Gothia in the western part of Sweden. He grows up to become an educated young man and a skilled swordsman. He meets Cecilia, the love of his life, but a cruel and jealous world forces them apart. Cecilia is imprisoned in a convent and Arn is sent away as a Knight Templar to the Holy Land, where war is raging between Christians and Muslims. They both have to fight to survive, they have to learn how to confront evil and overcome physical hardship. Their painful separation causes their faith in God and his goodness to waver – though not their faith in each other and their confidence that they will one day be reunited.
When Arn returns home he has to fight for his love and what has become his life’s mission: to unite Sweden into one kingdom.
When Arn returns home he has to fight for his love and what has become his life’s mission: to unite Sweden into one kingdom.
Production Facts
- Original Title: ARN - Tempelriddaren
- Country of Origin: Sweden
- Production Year: 2008
- First Release: 2008
- Language: English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Arabic
- Genre: Drama
- Format: 1:2,35/16:9 HD
- Sound: DTS Dolby Digital
- Duration: 130min/2x100/6x45min
- Director: Peter Flinth
- Production: Production AB Svensk Filmindustri co-producer Sheba Productions Ltd, Telepool GmbH
- Producer: Waldemar Bergendahl
- Cast: Joakim Nätterqvist, Sofia Helin, Stellan Skarsgård, Simon Callow, Vincent Perez, Bibi Andersson, Michael Nyqvist, Milind Soman.
- Director of Photography: Eric Kress
- Script: Hans Gunnarsson
- Based on: Novels by Jan Guillou
- Production Designer: Anna Asp
- Art Director: Anna Asp
- Make-up Artist: Eva von Bahr
- Post-Production Supervisor: Peter Bengtsson
- Composer: Tuomas Kantelinen
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Joakim Nätterqvist as Arn
Joakim Nätterqvist was born in 1974 in Uppsala and went to film school in Stockholm. Joakim grew up horse-back riding. He is an acknowledged equestrian and has a great interest in music and fencing. Joakim has so far performed nationally in several theatre plays, most recently in Lars Norén’s ”Terminal”. In film and television we have seen him in “Tsatsiki: Friends Forever” (2001), “We Can Be Heroes!” (2002), “Deadline” (2001), “Waiting for the Tenor” (1998) and the TV Series “Poor Tom” (2002) among others. -
Sofia Helin as Cecilia Algotsdotter
Sofia Helin, born in 1972, enjoyed her real breakthrough in the Guldbagge-nominated lead role as Mia in the critically acclaimed hit ”Darlecarlians” (2004), directed by Maria Blom. She’s also appeared in ”Four Shades of Brown” (2004) which competed in the Rotterdam Film Festival. Most recently she played the lead role in Maria Blom’s ”Nina Frisk” (2007).
INTERNATIONAL SALES
Territories: Asia, Australia, Benelux,
Italy, Latin America, U.K. and US.
AB Svensk Filmindustri
SE-169 86 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone +46 8 680 35 00
Fax +46 8 680 37 83
E-mail international@sf.se
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Territories: German and French-speaking
Europe, Spain, Portugal and Eastern Europe
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80331 Munich, Germany
Phone +49 89 55 876 0
Fax +89 55 876 229
E-mail cinepool@telepool.de
Web www.telepool.de