Arn: The Knight Templar (2007)
Director: Peter Flinth Writer: Jan Guillou, Hans Gunnarsson Cast: Joakim Natterqvist, Vincent Perez, Sofia Helin, Stellan Skarsgard, Nicholas Boulton, Simon Callow, Milind Soman, Steven Waddington Synopsis: Arn is a swedish-made film (the first part of an intended trilogy) about Arn (Joakim Natterqvist), the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman who after being educated in a monastery, falls in love with the beautiful Cecilia (Sofia Helin) and hopes for a happy peaceful life. Unfortunately fate intervenes and Arn is sent to the Holy Land as a Knight Templar to do penance for his forbidden love. Very much more than just another historical epic, religious drama or love story, this is a beautifully filmed, complex interweaving of all these elements involving family honour, religious injustice and the harshness of life in the time of the Crusades. |
