Arn - Tempelriddaren (2007)

Director:

Peter Flinth

Writers:

Jan Guillou (novel)
Hans Gunnarsson (screenplay)

Release Date:

25 December 2007 (Sweden)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance | War

Plot:

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Holy Land | Monastery | Sex In Nature | Henchman | Sword Fight

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Joakim Nätterqvist	...	Arn Magnusson
Sofia Helin	...	Cecilia Algotsdotter
Bill Skarsgård	...	Frik
Simon Callow	...	Father Henry
Bibi Andersson	...	Mother Rikissa
Milind Soman	...	Saladin
Vincent Perez	...	Brother Guilbert
Nicholas Boulton	...	Gerard De Ridefort
Michael Nyqvist	...	Magnus Folkesson
Steven Waddington	...	Torroja
Frank Sieckel	...	Sigfried De Turenne
Anders Baasmo Christiansen	...	Harald
Gustaf Skarsgård	...	Knut Eriksson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Morgan Alling	...	Eskil Magnusson
Joy Andersson	...	Canoness
Johan Arrenius	...	Young Knut
Mikael Bohlin	...	Young Eskil
Tomas Bolme	...	Priest
Josef Cahoon	...	Sigge Folkesson
Jakob Cedergren	...	Ebbe Sonesson
Julia Dufvenius	...	Helena Sverkersson
Lina Englund	...	Katarina Algotsdotter
Christian Fiedler	...	Karle
Titus Fisher	...	Master at Arms 2
Thomas W. Gabrielsson	...	Emund Ulvbane (as Thomas Waern Gabrielsson)
Nicklas Gustavsson	...	Gunnar
Annika Hallin	...	Sister Leone
Donald Högberg	...	Algot Pålsson
Douglas Johansson	...	Brother Stefan
Tobias Karlsson	...	Arnäs Hirdman
Barnaby Kay	...	Frankish Knight 1
Joel Kinnaman	...	Sverker Karlson
Charmouti Laarbi	...	Frankish Knight 3
Jørgen Langhelle	...	Erik Jedvardsson (as Jörgen Langhelle)
Charlotta Larsson	...	Dorotea Röriksdotter
Josefin Ljungman	...	Gunvor
Svante Martin	...	Karl Sverkersson
Anton Näslund	...	Petit Knut
Nijas Ørnbak-Fjeldmose	...	Sune Folkesson
Elise Pärnenen	...	Alde
Göran Ragnerstam	...	Bishop
Fanny Risberg	...	Cecilia 'Blanka' Ulfsdotter
Driss Roukhe	...	Fakhir
Noa Samenius	...	Young Arn
Robert Sjöblom	...	Hirdman Sven
Stellan Skarsgård	...	Birger Brosa
Valter Skarsgård	...	Jon
Magnus Stenius	...	Knight
Ingmar Svensson	...	Priest
Mikael Svensson	...	Soldier
Sven-Bertil Taube	...	Bishop
Karl Oscar Törnros	...	Joar (as Carl Oscar Törnros)
Mohamed Tsouli	...	Villageois
Mirja Turestedt	...	Sigrid
Bisse Unger	...	Young Arn
Martin Wallström	...	Magnus Manksköld
Bo Wettergren	...	Hirdman Svante
Robert Willox	...	Master at Arms #1
Alex Wyndham	...	Armand De Gascogne
Chems-Eddine Zinoune	...	Saladin's Servant (as Zinoun Chams-Eddine)
Christopher Schönning	...	Horse Rider (uncredited)

Directed by
Peter Flinth

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jan Guillou		novel
Hans Gunnarsson		screenplay

Produced by
Waldemar Bergendahl	....	producer
Mark Foligno	....	co-producer
Jarkko Hentula	....	producer: Finland
Laura Julian	....	line producer: Morocco
Karoline Leth	....	co-producer
Hans Lönnerheden	....	supervising producer: Morocco
Nina Lyng	....	co-producer
Alistair MacLean-Clark	....	producer
Johan Mardell	....	executive producer
Jan Marnell	....	producer: Morocco
Leif Mohlin	....	line producer

Original Music by
Tuomas Kantelinen

Cinematography by
Eric Kress

Film Editing by
Olivier Bugge Coutté
Anders Villadsen

Casting by
Morag Arbutthnot
Catti Edfeldt

Production Design by
Anna Asp

Art Direction by
Frederic Evard
Linda Janson

Costume Design by
Kicki Ilander

Makeup Department
Zineb Bendoula	....	assistant makeup artist: extras
Ida Eriksson	....	assistant makeup artist
Wendy Kemp Forbes	....	assistant makeup artist
Jenny Fred	....	key makeup artist
Anna Gronerus	....	assistant makeup artist
Love Larson	....	key makeup artist
Anna-Lena Melin	....	makeup artist
Lisa Mustafa	....	assistant hair stylist
Lisa Mustafa	....	assistant makeup artist
Eva Von Bahr	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Kamal Belghmi	....	production manager
Driss Benchhiba	....	unit manager
Peter Bengtsson	....	post-production supervisor
Anna Carlsten	....	production manager
Madeleine Ekman	....	production manager
Gisela Evert	....	post-production supervisor
Maritha Norstedt	....	production supervisor
Katie Shahrokh	....	post-production manager
Anita Tesler	....	production supervisor
Johan von der Lancken	....	pre-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yann Mari Faget	....	second assistant director: Morocco
Jeanette Frykberg	....	third assistant director
Mikael Hansson	....	second unit director
Ahmed Hatimi	....	first assistant director: Morocco
Henrik Henziger	....	second assistant director
Oskar Johansson	....	third assistant director
Gunnlaugur Jónasson	....	first assistant director
Håkan Linder	....	first assistant director
Kalle Persson	....	second assistant director
Guy Travers	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Mustapha Adidou	....	art department
Abdellah Baadil	....	construction supervisor
Gilles Balabaud	....	stand-by props
Simon Bang	....	storyboard artist
Giuseppe Cristiano	....	conceptual art
Sara Eriksson	....	props
Karin Gry	....	props
Paul Gustavsson	....	property master
Roger Holden	....	property master
Teddy Holm	....	painter
Janne Hverven	....	carpenter
Klas Jansson	....	carpenter
Brahma Lilja	....	carpenter
Thomas Nes	....	props
Thomas Nilsson	....	art department coordinator
Terry Royce	....	props dressing superviser
Tobias Rubom	....	property constructor
Tobias Rubom	....	props
Leo Sandberg	....	concept artist
Leo Sandberg	....	visual development
Love Sellberg	....	carpenter
Calle Sjölin	....	carpenter
Johan Sjölin	....	construction coordinator
Henrik Tamm	....	concept designer
Matti Rintala von Knorring	....	carpenter
Lars Rickard Wiren	....	stand-by props

Sound Department
Anders Degerberg	....	sound technical coordinator
Carl Edström	....	sound designer
Carl Edström	....	supervising sound editor
Peter Eklund	....	dialogue editor
Gordon Forbes	....	sound assistant
Erik Guldager	....	dialogue editor
Tomas Krantz	....	sound effects editor
Anders Larsson	....	sound effects editor
Stefan Ljungberg	....	dialogue editor
Stefan Ljungberg	....	sound
Kari Nytrø	....	boom operator
Kari Nytrø	....	sound mixer: b unit
Ulf Olausson	....	foley artist
Gábor Pasztor	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bo Persson	....	sound mixer
Jonas Rudels	....	sound

Special Effects by
Gusten Blick	....	special effects technician
Robin Blick	....	special effects technician
Johan Harnesk	....	special effects supervisor
Laurence Harvey	....	special effects assistant
Laurence Harvey	....	special effects senior technician
Oskar Hejll	....	special effects assistant
Göran Lundström	....	special effects makeup
Christian Niklasson	....	special effects senior technician
Victor Nilsson	....	special effects assistant
Ken Petrie	....	special effects technician
Jason Troughton	....	special effects supervisor: Morocco
Mark Vanstone	....	special effects technician
Alan Whibley	....	special effects technician
Richard Darwin	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Paul Amiras	....	production support: Cinesite
Kate Attwooll	....	matchmover: Cinesite
Fredrik Averpil	....	visual effects
Paul Birkett	....	lead rotoscope artist: Cinesite
Mawusime Blewuada	....	data operator
Håkan Blomdahl	....	visual effects: Filmgate
Yanick Bourgie	....	matte painter: Cinesite
Ken Dailey	....	visual effects producer: Cinesite
Matthew D'Angibau	....	matchmover: Cinesite
Dave Early	....	visual effects supervisor: Cinesite
Oliver Faldo	....	rotoscoper: Cinesite
Matt Foster	....	roto/prep artist: Cinesite
Dianne Gordon	....	production support: Cinesite
Marcus Hindborg	....	compositor: Cinesite
Andreas Hylander	....	compositor: Filmgate
Steve Karski	....	technical director: Cinesite
Matt Kasmir	....	digital compositor
Mathias Larserud	....	visual effects
Linus Lindbalk	....	matte painting/visual effects: Filmgate
Amy Lloyd	....	matchmover: Cinesite
Claire McGrane	....	production support: Cinesite
Thomas Middleton	....	rotoscope artist: Cinesite
Guy Nesfield	....	rotoscope artist
Sarah Norton	....	Compositor: Cinesite
Tor-Bjorn Olsson	....	visual effects supervisor (as Torbjörn Olsson)
Daniel Pettipher	....	production support: Cinesite
Ingo Putze	....	lead matte painter: Cinesite
Michael Ridgwell	....	digital artist
Lewis Saunders	....	compositor
Shaun Scott	....	CG animator: Cinesite
Ben Shepherd	....	CG animator: Cinesite
Jacob Svensson	....	digital artist: Filmgate
Jonathan Sykes	....	data operations: cinesite
Henrik Tamm	....	visual effects art director
Shanaullah Umerji	....	visual effects producer
Karen Wand	....	Compositor: Cinesite
Ollie Weigall	....	rotoscoper: Cinesite
Sean Wheelan	....	visual effects producer
Keith Barton	....	technical support: Cinesite (uncredited)

Stunts
Rachid Abbad	....	stunt performer
Thomas Ahlstrand	....	horse stunts staging
Faycal Attoughi	....	stunt performer
Faycal Attougui	....	stunts
Joseph Beddelem	....	stunts
Roman Grigaravicius	....	on-set stunts
Youssef Habbaoui	....	stunt performer
Tarmo Sakari Hietala	....	assistant swordmaster
Svante Hildesson	....	stunts
Othman Ilyassa	....	stunts
Philippe Losson	....	stunt performer
Ruta Nemaniene	....	assistant horse master
Arturas Nemanis	....	horse master
Arturas Nemanis	....	stunt double
Peppe Östensson	....	swordmaster
Mika Pietiläinen	....	stunts (as Mika Huisman)
Francois Poirier	....	stunt double
Cedric Proust	....	stunt coordinator
Joel Proust	....	horse master
Juha Pursiainen	....	stunts
Kimmo Rajala	....	stunt coordinator
Florian Robin	....	stunts
Christopher Schönning	....	horse stunts
Mustapha Touki	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Erik Aavatsmark	....	still photographer
Fredric Alm	....	still photographer
Martin Bergenström	....	grip
Driss Bizzi	....	grip assistant
Ewan Epton	....	electrician: Scotland
Abbes Ghazouani	....	video assist technician
David Gylje	....	clapper loader
Johan Holmqvist	....	clapper loader
Karsten Jacobsen	....	Steadicam operator
Karsten Jacobsen	....	camera operator
Stefan Jonsson	....	electrician
Susanna Karacsony	....	lighting technician
Oskar Larsson	....	electrician
Magnus Laupa	....	still photographer
Grant McPhee	....	video assist operator: Scotland
Misio Mokrosinski	....	assistant camera
Harri Naavajärvi	....	grip
Martin Pålsheden	....	electrician
Kalle Penttilä	....	electrician
Ville Penttilä	....	gaffer
Katrín Björk Sævarsdóttir	....	clapper loader
John Sturt	....	generator operator
Dag Svensson	....	still photographer
Erik Svsdtmark	....	still photographer
Daniel Wannberg	....	assistant camera
Bengt Wanselius	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Mohamed Essaghir Aabach	....	casting assistant
Rikard Andersson	....	extras casting assistant
Renate Fryklund	....	casting: Sweden
Joyce Gallie	....	casting: UK
Therese Hallman	....	extras casting assistant
Mikael Hansson	....	casting coordinator
Hervé Jakubowicz	....	casting associate
Emma Kihlberg	....	casting supervisor: international casting
Esther Klostermann	....	casting: Germany
Tusse Lande	....	casting: Sweden
Juliette Ménager	....	casting: France
Sally Osoba	....	casting: UK
Hampus Schildfat	....	extras casting assistant
Susanna Sjöblom	....	extras casting
Omar Tisli	....	casting assistant: Morocco
Merete Vold	....	casting: Norway

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Johan Åberg	....	costume assistant
Emma Bellocq	....	key costume coordinator: Morocco
Mohamed Bougati	....	wardrobe
Martin Hallén	....	costume assistant
Anne Isene	....	costume assistant
Anna Jartin	....	costume assistant
Anna Karlsson	....	costume assistant
Otmane Khammari	....	wardrobe assistant
Dagny Petrussen	....	costume assistant
Nicolas Richard	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Andrew Dearnley	....	digital film supervisor
Tina Dradrach	....	Cinevatorfive® digital intermediate coordinator
Justin Eely	....	on-line editor
Dave Goodall	....	digital intermediate technician
Morten Højbjerg	....	additional editor
Matt James	....	digital intermediate technician
Linda Jildmalm	....	visual effects editor
Steve Knight	....	digital intermediate technician
Andy Richards	....	DI conform editor
Nynne Selin	....	post-production coordinator
Gemma Townsend	....	digital intermediate technician
Tim Waller	....	senior colorist

Music Department
Matt Dunkley	....	orchestrator
Fredrik Sarhagen	....	music supervisor
Panu Aaltio	....	additional orchestrator (uncredited)
Erik Guldager	....	music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Mustapha Adidou	....	driver
Najma El Mahjoub	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Mustapha Adidou	....	art set assistant
Emil Ahlén	....	assistant: producer
Thomas Ahlstrand	....	horse coordinator
Annika Appelin	....	script supervisor
Tobias Åström	....	production accountant
Kerstin von Bahr	....	script supervisor
Bill Barringer	....	location manager: Morocco
Tarik Ait Ben Ali	....	second second assistant director: Morocco
Sara Bergmark Elfgren	....	script editor
James Blythe	....	production assistant
Anette Brantin	....	production coordinator
Jeremy Burnage	....	production coordinator: Morocco
Clifford De Spenser	....	dialogue coach
Ian Ellis	....	location scout
Jonas Elmqvist	....	technical supervisor
Ronny Fritsche	....	production coordinator
Patric Hjelm	....	production coordinator
Mona Houd	....	production coordinator: Morocco
Sharon Howat	....	production coordinator: Scotland
Zinedine Ibnou Jabal	....	cast and extras supervisor: Morocco
Andreas Johansson	....	production assistant
My Lindberg	....	location scout
Kathleen MacLeod	....	assistant production coordinator: Scotland
Tommy Malm	....	location manager
Miriam Matejovsky	....	travel coordinator
Ridouane Nassreddine	....	assistant location manager
Kevin O'Driscoll	....	production accountant: Morocco
Lisa Ohlin	....	film consultant
Peppe Östensson	....	sword master
Diego Pages	....	chef
Stephen Ralphs	....	armorer
David Sillery	....	armorer
Cindy Thomson	....	location manager: scotland
Peter Titterell	....	catering supervisor

Production Companies

• AMC Pictures
• Arion Communications Ltd. (co-production)
• Dagsljus Filmequipment (co-production)
• Danmarks Radio (DR) (co-production)
• Europa Film Sound Production (co-production)
• Film i Väst (co-production)
• Juonifilmi (co-production)
• Molinare Studio
• SF Norge A/S (co-production)
• Sheba Films (co-production)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF)
• TV2 Norge (co-production)
• TV4 Sweden (co-production)
• Telepool (co-production)
• Tju-Bang Film (co-production)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (co-production)

Distributors

• FS Film Oy (2008) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2007) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2008) (Sweden) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Artem
• Cinesite
• Filmgate (visual effects)
• Panorama film & teatereffekter

Other Companies

• Albion Swords  swords
• Arion Facilities  dailies telecine transfers
• Det Danske Filminstitut  funding
• Eurimages  funding
• Molinare Studio  post-production facilities
• Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond  funding
• Programme MEDIA de la Communauté Européenne  funding
• SF International Film Sales  sales
• Suomen Elokuvasäätiö  funding
• Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI)  funding
• United Casting  extras casting

Also Known As:

Arn - Tempelridderen (Denmark) (Norway)
Arn - Der Kreuzritter (Germany) (DVD title)
Arn - Temppeliritari (Finland)
Arn 1 (Sweden) (working title)
Arn: The Knight Templar (International: English title)
Арн: Рыцарь-тамплиер (Russia) [ru]
Arn - O Cavaleiro Templário (Brazil) (DVD title) [pt]
Arn, o ippotis (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Arne, chevalier du Temple (France) (TV title) [fr]

Runtime:

139 min

Country:

UK | Sweden | Denmark | Norway | Finland | Germany

Language:

Swedish | English | Arabic | French | Latin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Sweden:11 | Finland:K-13 | Norway:10 (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK

Company:

AMC Pictures

Trivia:

Scandinavia's most expensive film production ever.

Goofs:

Continuity: Arn's horse changes appearance all the time though it is supposed to be the same horse. Most clearly is the white spot in the forehead which comes and goes between scenes.

Quotes:

Saladin: This is my brother, Fakhr.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Arn - Riket vid vägens slut (2008)

Poetically made

Once I heard about this movie I felt pride for my country for making such a big production, hoping for it to be able to challenge big productions such as Troy, King Arthur and maybe even 300. I hoped so, but I expected otherwise. I know my epic movies pretty well, and in the trailer some months before release I notices some bass tones of the music score were identical to a part of the Gladiator music. I feared a cheap American epic movie ripoff with flawed actors and fake-looking special effects. Luckily, I did not see what I expected.

Arn has one big difference from the epic movies we know - it is made in a country where an epic movie of this size has never been made before. Naturally, many will expect to see the same of what we've seen in epic movies so far. Many will expect to see a hero or a group of heroes slaughtering hordes of enemies for the pure obsession of it that they call glory, but they won't. What they will see is the tale of the medieval life told in the most simple way. A mother promising away her son to God to serve him. The obsession of power between kings. To get to know your worst enemy and respect him as a man, and to meet anguish of having to kill him on the battle field without really knowing why.

During the first half of the movie at some point the storytelling got a little over hand, which is understandable while the balancing between being informative and entertaining is a hard thing to perfect. Though, it would be a shame going to the theater to see this film waiting for the heads to start rolling to the right and to the left, missing out the whole experience of having an honest story about the medieval life being told right in front of your eyes by common people.

This is the first part of the story of Arn. Now I have my hopes up for the second movie to round up this tale as well as or better than this first part started it.