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

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)

Would love to see this again!

I haven't seen this movie since I was eight years old. I'm now in my early twenties and can remember almost everything about it! This was such a beautiful film, and is both tragic and uplifting. The story is mystical and magical, and the love between the brothers is heartwarming. I highly recommend it.