The Brothers Lionheart (film)

Infobox Film
name = The Brothers Lionheart


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director = Olle Hellbom
producer = Olle Nordemar
Olle Hellbom
writer = Astrid Lindgren
starring = Staffan Götestam
Lars Söderdahl
Allan Edwall
Gunn Wållgren
Folke Hjort
Per Oscarsson
music = Björn Isfält
Lasse Dahlberg
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distributor = Svensk Filmindustri
released = September 23, 1977
runtime = 102 min
country = Sweden
language = Swedish
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imdb_id = 0075790

"The Brothers Lionheart" ( _sv. Bröderna Lejonhjärta) is a 1977 Swedish film directed by Olle Hellbom and based on the book "The Brothers Lionheart" by Astrid Lindgren. It won Sweden's Guldbagge Award for Best Direction in 1978. cite web
title = Awards for "Bröderna Lejonhjärta" (1977)
url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075790/awards
accessdate = 2008-07-07 ]

Cast

*Lars Söderdahl as Karl Lion(heart) ("Skorpan")
*Staffan Götestam as Jonatan Lion(heart)
*Allan Edwall as Mattias
*Gunn Wållgren as Sofia
*Folke Hjort as Jossi
*Per Oscarsson as Orvar
*Tommy Johnson as Hubert
*Jan Nygren as Veder
*Micha Gabay as Kader
*Georg Årlin as Tengil

Production

The film was shot in Sweden, Denmark and Iceland. Filming locations included Stockholm and Skåne County in Sweden, Århus in Jutland, and _is. Þingvellir in Iceland. [ cite web
title = Filming locations for "Bröderna Lejonhjärta" (1977)
url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075790/locations
accessdate = 2008-07-08 ]

Reception

Box office

In Sweden, the film grossed SEK 8,963,000 at the box office. cite web
title = Box office / business for "Bröderna Lejonhjärta" (1977)
url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075790/business
accessdate = 2008-07-07 ] Its screenings were attended by 553,000 people.

Critical response

The film was well-received by Swedish critics.cite journal
last = Holmlund
first = Christine
title = Pippi and Her Pals
journal = Cinema Journal
volume = 42.2
issue = Winter 2003
pages = 14
year = 2003] Often interpreting the film in contemporary terms, they compared Staffan Götestam's portrayal of Jonatan to Che Guevara, and Georg Årlin's portrayal of Tengil to Hitler, Stalin, Pinochet, Richard Nixon and Saddam Hussein.

Awards

* 1978 Guldbagge Award for Best Direction (Olle Hellbom)
* 1978 Berlin International Film Festival, OCIC Award (Special Mention):* Golden Berlin Bear nomination (Olle Hellbom)
* 1982 Fantafestival, Best Direction (Olle Hellbom)

References

External links

*imdb title|0075790|The Brothers Lionheart