Arn: The Kingdom at the End of the Road (2008)
"Arn: Riket vid vägens slut" (original title)

Director:

Peter Flinth

Writers:

Jan Guillou (novel), Hans Gunnarsson (screenplay)

Stars:

Joakim Nätterqvist, Sofia Helin, Stellan Skarsgård

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joakim Nätterqvist	...	Arn Magnusson
Sofia Helin	...	Cecilia Algotsdotter
Stellan Skarsgård	...	Birger Brosa
Bibi Andersson	...	Moder Rikissa
Gustaf Skarsgård	...	Kung Knut
Fanny Risberg	...	Cecilia Blanka
Joel Kinnaman	...	Sverker Karlsson
Jakob Cedergren	...	Ebbe Sunesson
Morgan Alling	...	Eskil Magnusson
Anders Baasmo Christiansen	...	Harald Øysteinsson
Nicholas Boulton	...	Gerard De Ridefort
Frank Sieckel	...	Sigfried De Turenne
Barnaby Kay	...	Riddare
Robert Willox	...	Vapenmästare
Martin Wallström	...	Magnus Månsköld

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

christian | cavalry | weapon | dagger | steel helmet | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | History | Romance | War

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Details

Country:

Denmark Sweden Finland UK Norway Germany

Language:

Swedish English Norwegian Danish Arabic

Release Date:

22 August 2008 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Arn: The Kingdom at the End of the Road

Filming Locations:

Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK

Box Office

Budget:

SEK 210,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

AMC Pictures, Arion Communications Ltd., Dagsljus Filmequipment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

128 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The battle at the end of the film, Battle of Lena, was according to historians won by the Swedes because of the heavy snowing that made the heavy armored Danish knights useless. According to Swedish legends, the Swedes where aided by Odin. Also the battle shown in the film is combined with the Battle of Gestilren where warriors from Norway joined with the Swedes.

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Connections

Follows Arn: The Knight Templar (2007)

User Reviews

A horrible way to sacrifice a good story

This movie is probably the worst film ever made from a book! The screenwriter and director had no idea of what made the books so thrilling and loved by all Swedes. In their ignorance, they turned the biggest movie project in Sweden's history into a joke. The only good parts are long episodes with beautiful scenery and music, but the time spent on those parts are balanced out with shorter dialogues. Even if I read the books twice, which I have, I don't follow the story.

Now to the worst parts - the war scenes. If you've seen Kingdom of Heaven, you know what an army of thousands should look like. In Arn it's more like: "Oh no, I'm so scared, cause here comes the bad guys, all twenty of them! How are we gonna make it"? I would rather laugh at a computer fake of 20 000 people than to see an approaching army of twenty people, zoomed in and all so you only see ten of them. It is without question a joke, and I regret paying money to see this film.