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Arn: The Knight Templar

2007 · 139 min

A sweeping, earnest medieval epic that mixes forbidden love with crusade battles, feeling grand but somber.

Tagline
A Knight in the Holy Land. A Woman in the Frozen North. A War that Kept Them Apart.
Overview
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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • faith
  • war
  • sexuality
  • justice
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance7
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
action, adventure, drama, romance
Directed by
Peter Flinth
Written by
Hans Gunnarsson
Starring
Joakim Nätterqvist, Sofia Helin, Stellan Skarsgård, Michael Nyqvist, Mirja Turestedt, Morgan Alling, Sven-Bertil Taube, Bibi Andersson
Music
Tuomas Kantelinen
Cinematography
Eric Kress
Runtime
139 min
Country
Denmark, Finland, Norway, United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany
Languages
English, Arabic, Latin, French, Swedish

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