Arn: The Kingdom at the End of the Road (2008)

The Knight Arn is sent on a last mission against Saladin. He has to win this battle, before he can go home to Sweden, and finally marry his Cecilia and start a family. But the peace back home is threatened by the Danes.

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

The Knight Arn is sent on a last mission against Saladin. He has to win this battle, before he can go home to Sweden, and finally marry his Cecilia and start a family. But the peace back home is threatened by the Danes.

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Plot Keywords:

knights templar | eastern europe | sword and shield | weapon | cavalry | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Romance | War

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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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Goofs

[All goofs for this title are spoilers.]

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Connections

Edited into Arn (2010)

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Soundtracks

Där du andas
Composed by Anders Glenmark, Niklas Strömstedt
Lyrics by Anders Glenmark
Niklas Strömstedt
Musical Arrangement Anders Glenmark
Sung by Marie Fredriksson
Performed by André Ferrari (percussion), Esbjörn Hazelius (flute and violin), Anders Glenmark (bass, keyboard, guitar), The Stockholm Session Strings

User Reviews

A Decent Movie

This movie and the previous one is actually quite dissatisfying. If you, like me, have read the books. You will be quite disappointed. The movie does not live up to the standard of the books, unfortunately. There's so many things in the books which is not present in the movies, I actually had quite big hopes for the second movie. Unfortunately, the movie did not live up to my hopes.. I had hoped for so much more. Especially when it comes to the parts regarding the Holy Land. Unfortunately my expectations were a lot higher then I should have expected :S Well, the movie was alright. But the money spent on it was a total waste since they removed all the great parts from the story.. Excuse me for my poor drunken English, its not much more to say except that the movie was quite the appointment :(

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:

SEK210,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$8,787,136

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