The Brothers Lionheart
The film begins when a little boy called Karl Lionheart dies and joins his elder brother Jonathan in Cherry Valley, a pastoral paradise.
But this paradise is invaded by Tengil, the Black Knight and evil leader of the bleak land of Karmanyaka. The two brothers join a band of knights in a life and death fight against Tengils’ tyranny. When a dragon which lives in a cave in the moon-lie landscape of Karmanyaka is killed good triumphs over evil, Tengil is defeated and the enslaved inhabitants of Cherry Valley are free forever.
Production Facts
- Original Title: Bröderna Lejonhjärta
- Country of Origin: Sweden
- Production Year: 1977
- First Release: 1977
- Language: Swedish
- Genre: Children
- Format: 1:1.66
- Duration: 99 min (TV 5 x 25)
- Director: Olle Hellbom
- Production: AB Svensk Filmindustri
- Producer: Olle Hellbom and Olle Nordemar
- Cast: Staffan Götestam, Lars Söderdahl, Allan Edwall, Gunn Wållgren, Folke Hjort, Per Oscarsson, Tommy Johnson