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Over 40 minutes of behind-the-scenes featurettes.
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Arn Magnusson (Joakim Nätterqvist) is trained from birth to become a skilled swordsman. After being double-crossed by a devious nobleman, he is made a Knight Templar and sent off to the Crusades as penance for his sins. Fighting to regain his freedom, Arn battles fierce enemy armies and becomes a hero.
BONUS FEATURES:
Two Making-of Featurettes.
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69 of 71 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Reading the Amazon reviews within this release, I was taken aback by the fact that this was a Swedish miniseries and that this dvd release by E1 entertainment is a truncated version. Well, truncated is better than nothing. It is magnificent and harkens back to the old tried and true epics we fondly remember. The director ,Peter Flinth, has given us a grand epic of honor and treachery all focused on the love story between Arn and Cecilia with religion, once again, separating true love. It contains so much passion with some great performances within its structure. You will recognize of course Bibi Anderson as the mother superior and Sven Bertil Taube ( the only other movie I know of his is a guilty pleasure- 'PUPPET ON A CHAIN') as the Bishop also Steven Waddington from 'THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS' as the Grand Master of the Templar Knights. Sorry, I'm a sucker for these type of epics and this one reinforces my belief that other countries are making incredible product. If you want an uplifting, soaring piece of filmmaking with breathtaking photography and a rousing music score by Toomas Kantelinen, click the add to cart button. I just can't figure out why nobody has signed the actor who played Saladin-Milind Soman- to other projects over here. He really steals the show. The release has two great featurettes on the making of the film which brings you up to speed on the production. Highly recommended.
68 of 79 people found the following review helpful
By Eric Sanberg
Format:DVD
I knew nothing of this film until I started seeing advances on the video release. It's definitely my kind of flick so I thought I'd give it a shot and I'm glad I did.
This is a really good story in the historical epic category. It propounds to be based in fact and, though I don't know how much they had to tweek it for script purposes, it contains certain things that feel true.
Arn is a Swede who falls in love with a woman who is betrothed to another family. He knocks her up so she has to do 20 years in a convent while he has to do twenty years in the Crusades as a Knight Templar. As he himself was raised by the church he's a very serious dude. He was also schooled well in combat by a monk who did time in the Crusades so he can fight with the best of them. He heads off to the Holy Land where he becomes key in winning some battles. His time is up so he heads home to be with his woman but ends up facing a whole new challenge. It seems Sweden isn't all that united and there is a new grab for power he needs to thwart.
This is an Historical Epic in the best sense. Great locations, costumes and lots of extras. You like Arn. He's a cool guy because he's good and devout, but can kick booty if he needs to. You like Cecelia his girlfriend. She's pretty and has a good spirit. It's acted well, shot well, edited well. The music score is good, though maybe a bit too similar to the "Lord of the Rings" score but that's a minor quibble. I also could have used a bit more in the building of the relationship between the two Cecelias, but again, it's a minor quibble. Surprisingly, they spent little effort on the major battle scenes. Were this Ridley Scott or Antoine Fuqua we'd have been dazzled by meticulous staging and swordplay. But here the director just didn't seem that interested.... Read more ›
This is a really good story in the historical epic category. It propounds to be based in fact and, though I don't know how much they had to tweek it for script purposes, it contains certain things that feel true.
Arn is a Swede who falls in love with a woman who is betrothed to another family. He knocks her up so she has to do 20 years in a convent while he has to do twenty years in the Crusades as a Knight Templar. As he himself was raised by the church he's a very serious dude. He was also schooled well in combat by a monk who did time in the Crusades so he can fight with the best of them. He heads off to the Holy Land where he becomes key in winning some battles. His time is up so he heads home to be with his woman but ends up facing a whole new challenge. It seems Sweden isn't all that united and there is a new grab for power he needs to thwart.
This is an Historical Epic in the best sense. Great locations, costumes and lots of extras. You like Arn. He's a cool guy because he's good and devout, but can kick booty if he needs to. You like Cecelia his girlfriend. She's pretty and has a good spirit. It's acted well, shot well, edited well. The music score is good, though maybe a bit too similar to the "Lord of the Rings" score but that's a minor quibble. I also could have used a bit more in the building of the relationship between the two Cecelias, but again, it's a minor quibble. Surprisingly, they spent little effort on the major battle scenes. Were this Ridley Scott or Antoine Fuqua we'd have been dazzled by meticulous staging and swordplay. But here the director just didn't seem that interested.... Read more ›
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This fabulous production IS available, all ca.258 minutes of it, almost 5 hours, from AmazonGermany, in a 4 disc set, 3 discs for the movie and 1 disc for extras. It's a tad expensive...and it's only subtitled in German. With shipping, I ended up paying about $40...the shipping cost more than the boxed set! The box is handsome and well designed and the video and audio quality excellent.
As the dialogue is minimal, the subtitling was not all that challenging for my 3 years of college German (35 years ago). The story tells itself quite well visually, and the few times the dialogue became somewhat complex, it was easy enough to freeze the picture and work on the subtitles. If anyone is game, it's worth the effort. Keep a dictionary handy. AmazonGermany works just like AmazonUSA and AmazonUK. It's easy enough to click your way through to checkout.
The movie is spectacular. I have to agree with the reviewer who said "Arn" is in the great epic filmaking style of the past. I enjoyed every moment of it. The sets and costumes were impressive and made the time and places recreated very convincing. The battles were well done. Though not full blood-and-guts as a larger budget may have allowed, there was tremendous tension in the battle preparations and the initial assault. Some brief battle scenes and then the aftermath, showing the carnage and slaughter. Very effective. The audio helped tremendously in building the drama.
Beside the many actors reviewers have pointed out, I should mention Michael Nyquist ("The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," etc.) as Arn's father. It was a pleasure seeing him again as I enjoyed the Millenium film trilogy greatly. All the actors were fine and did their work well.... Read more ›
As the dialogue is minimal, the subtitling was not all that challenging for my 3 years of college German (35 years ago). The story tells itself quite well visually, and the few times the dialogue became somewhat complex, it was easy enough to freeze the picture and work on the subtitles. If anyone is game, it's worth the effort. Keep a dictionary handy. AmazonGermany works just like AmazonUSA and AmazonUK. It's easy enough to click your way through to checkout.
The movie is spectacular. I have to agree with the reviewer who said "Arn" is in the great epic filmaking style of the past. I enjoyed every moment of it. The sets and costumes were impressive and made the time and places recreated very convincing. The battles were well done. Though not full blood-and-guts as a larger budget may have allowed, there was tremendous tension in the battle preparations and the initial assault. Some brief battle scenes and then the aftermath, showing the carnage and slaughter. Very effective. The audio helped tremendously in building the drama.
Beside the many actors reviewers have pointed out, I should mention Michael Nyquist ("The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," etc.) as Arn's father. It was a pleasure seeing him again as I enjoyed the Millenium film trilogy greatly. All the actors were fine and did their work well.... Read more ›
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Colyn R King
Format:DVD
After hiring Arn The Knight Templar it was disappointing as I could see that this was a much longer movie. It turn out to be two movies. I would not purchase it as it was disjointed. I have always wanted to see the whole thing. Well you would not believe but down under they have just release a 2 disc bonus 60 minutes extended version. It looks like it is the two films that was release in Scandinavia as each disc as a distinct movie on them that follow on from each other. It was great to watch these two movies and see the whole story. If and when this set is release in you zone or you have a multi zone player Get It as it is a good story well told.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Arn
A well done love story with historical info. It is made in Sweden but don't let that put you off.
Published 4 months ago by S. Gehrman
5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding
I watched the last 4 chapters in one evening. This movie was beyond my expectation! Joakim gives a performance even above Orlando Bloom in Kingdom of Heaven & Heston in El Cid Too... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Robert P. Robinson
5.0 out of 5 stars
GREAT SWEDE MOVIE
I love Swedish movies and this one is awesome It has Stellan Skarsgard great fight scenes true love action drama etc
Published 5 months ago by angelgoth777
5.0 out of 5 stars
Exceptional Medieval Film
Arn - The Knight Templar is not a Spike TV movie for guys who like movies kinda flick and actually it's not even in English but Swedish. Read more
Published 5 months ago by The Wiz
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great View of medieval times
This movie squishes a three-book series by Jan Guillou into one movie just over two hours long. It follows the full life of Arn Magnusson, a Swedish lad who grows up in a monastery... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Lisa Shea
5.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyed It
There were probably things that could have been done better. The movie got pretty long at the end, kept thinking that was it but there was still more, and to be honest the more... Read more
Published 16 months ago by JustMe
2.0 out of 5 stars
An epic in need of an editor
Having recently watched Black Death and Season of the Witch, Arn - The Knight Templar seemed like a nice way to round out the knight trifecta. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Michael J. Tresca
1.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointment
I recieved the product with the packaging all intact; however when I opened the DVD the disks was cracked . Read more
Published 17 months ago by Scott
4.0 out of 5 stars
Templar interests...
This film was a pleasant surprise. Extremely
'watchable' although if you were interested in
enlightening yourself about the Knights Templar
this may not be the best... Read more
'watchable' although if you were interested in
enlightening yourself about the Knights Templar
this may not be the best... Read more
Published 17 months ago by VincNet
4.0 out of 5 stars
Mini-Series Lite
The trouble with any mini-series turned 133 minutes movie release is that it misses the flavor, taste, and feast of the original storyline release, not to mention the time needed... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Writetrak
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