Bröderna Lejonhjärta (1977)

Director:

Olle Hellbom

Writers:

Astrid Lindgren (novel)
Astrid Lindgren (screenplay)

Release Date:

23 September 1977 (Sweden)

Genre:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Från vår värld. Till sagornas och lägereldarnas värld.

Plot:

9-year old Karl Lejon, 'Skorpan' is suffering from tuberculosis and knows that he will die soon. But...

Plot Keywords:

Brother | Oppression | Dragon | Fire | Legend

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Staffan Götestam	...	Jonatan
Lars Söderdahl	...	Skorpan
Allan Edwall	...	Mattias
Gunn Wållgren	...	Sofia
Folke Hjort	...	Jossi
Per Oscarsson	...	Orvar
Tommy Johnson	...	Hubert
Jan Nygren	...	Veder
Micha Gabay	...	Kader
Georg Årlin	...	Tengil
Bertil Norström	...	Pjuke
Mats Andersson	...	Tengil's Soldier
Aksel Erhardtsen	...	Tengil's Soldier (as Aksel Erhardsen)
Ulf Håkan Jansson	...	Tengil's Soldier
Bodil Lindorff	...	Mother
Bengt Brunskog	...	Chief Guard
Lone Rode	...	Antonia
Erno Müller	...	Guard (as Erno Muller)
Göthe Grefbo	...	Tengil's Guard (as Göte Grefbo)
Per-Axel Arosenius	...	Tengil's Man (as Per Axel Arosenius)
Björn Strand	...	Tengil's Man
Lars Nyberg	...	Tengil's Man
Egil Holmsen	...	Tengil's Man
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nicholas Barnes	...	Skorpan (voice: English version)
Stephen Garlick	...	Jonatan (voice: English version)
Rune Andersson	...	(uncredited)
Eddie Axberg	...	Screaming man (uncredited)
Bengt Blomgren	...	(uncredited)
Ingrid Jussil-Årlin	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Olle Hellbom

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Astrid Lindgren		novel
Astrid Lindgren		screenplay

Produced by
Olle Hellbom	....	producer
Olle Nordemar	....	producer

Original Music by
Lasse Dahlberg
Björn Isfält

Cinematography by
Rune Ericson

Film Editing by
Jan Persson

Production Design by
Lotta Melanton

Art Direction by
P.A. Lundgren

Costume Design by
Gunilla Norlund

Makeup Department
Kjell Gustavsson	....	wig maker

Production Management
Waldemar Bergendahl	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Catti Edfeldt	....	assistant director
Leon Flamholc	....	assistant director

Art Department
Tove Hellbom	....	property master
Lasse Westfelt	....	property master (as Lars Westfeldt)
Jimmy McGann	....	property master (uncredited)

Sound Department
Eddie Axberg	....	sound
Berndt Frithiof	....	sound mixer
Peter Holthausen	....	sound
Christer Sidelöv	....	assistant sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Sten Lindberg	....	lighting technician
Dan Myhrman	....	assistant camera
Per-Olof Ohlsson	....	assistant camera (as P.O. Ohlsson)
Johan Schell	....	lighting technician
Hasse Wallin	....	lighting technician (as Hans Wallin)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Carina Dalunde	....	wardrobe assistant

Other crew
Cicci Alewald	....	co-worker
Kalle Boman	....	co-worker
Ann Collenberg	....	co-worker
Ingrid Dahl	....	co-worker
Kenth Eriksson	....	production staff
Katarina Fernell	....	co-worker
Eva Flamholc	....	co-worker
Stefan Glaumann	....	co-worker
Ragnar Hansson	....	co-worker
Sven-Gösta Holst	....	co-worker
Christer Hööst	....	co-worker
Nils Johansson	....	production staff
Rolf Larsson	....	co-worker
Staffan Liljander	....	co-worker
Jerry Porsbjer	....	production staff
Bengt Schöldström	....	technical manager
Laerke Sigfred Pedersen	....	script supervisor
Björn Sinclair	....	co-worker
Monica Södergren	....	co-worker
P.O. Södergren	....	co-worker
Rolf Sohlman	....	co-worker
Lasse Ulander	....	co-worker
Bengt Wendin	....	location manager

Production Companies

• Artfilm
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

Distributors

• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (1977) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2002) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2009) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Also Known As:

The Brothers Lionheart
Bródir minn Ljónshjárta (Iceland) (video title) [is]
Brødrene Løvehjerte (Norway) [no]
Brødrene Løvehjerte (Denmark) [da]
Bracia Lwie Serce (Poland) [pl]
De gebroeders Leeuwenhart (Netherlands) [nl]
Die Brüder Löwenherz (West Germany) [de]
Veljeni Leijonamieli (Finland) [fi]

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:LH | Finland:K-10 (re-rating) (1978) | Finland:K-12 (original rating) (1978) | Denmark:7 | Sweden:7 (re-rating) (1989) | Germany:6 | Norway:7 (1984) | Germany:o.Al. | Norway:11 | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Iceland

Company:

Artfilm

Trivia:

Dragon Katla (partially portrayed by a flame-throwing puppet head) accidentally caught fire during shooting.

Quotes:

Skorpan: Help me, save me, tell them that you're my grandfather!
Mattias: What do you mean? With being away for so long... little boy and what have you done? When you come home with soldiers!

Movie Connections:

Edited into "Bröderna Lejonhjärta" (1985)

The best movie for children ever made.

When I first saw this movie at age of 6, I thought it was the most exiting movie I had ever seen. It teaches children about death in a good way, without getting silly.

The storyline is that Karl (Skorpan or Crispy) Lejon is sick and knowing that he soon gonna die. His brother Jonathan tells him about the land Nangijala, a land of tales and campfires (sagornas och lägerledarnas land). Jonathan dies soon after that when trying to save Skorpan from a fire. And soon after that Skorpan dies too. When they first meet up in Nangijala it seems like heaven, Skorpan can ride horses and swim. But soon he finds out that the evil black knight Tengil has enslaved the the village next to them. Skopan and Jonathan then joins the resistance force.

As I began this comment, this is a great movie. It is one of the most famous in Sweden, and EVERY swede I know love this movie. I just say too all of you; See this movie.