The Brothers Lionheart (1977 film)
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Director Olle Hellbom Screenplay Astrid Lindgren Country Sweden | 7.2/10 Genre Adventure, Family, Fantasy Duration Language Swedish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 23 September 1977 (1977-09-23) Writer Astrid Lindgren (novel), Astrid Lindgren (screenplay) Initial release September 23, 1977 (Sweden) Music director Bjorn Isfalt, Lasse Dahlberg Cast Staffan Götestam (Jonatan), Lars Söderdahl (Skorpan), Allan Edwall (Mattias), Gunn Wållgren (Sofia), Folke Hjort (Jossi), Per Oscarsson (Orvar)Similar movies Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban , Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone , Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Tagline From our world. To the world of the tales and the camp fires. |
The Brothers Lionheart (Swedish: Bröderna Lejonhjärta) is a Swedish fantasy film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 23 September 1977, directed by Olle Hellbom and based on the book with the same name, written by Astrid Lindgren. It won Sweden's Guldbagge Award for Best Director in 1978.
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Selected cast

Production

The film was shot in Sweden, Denmark and Iceland. Filming locations included Stockholm and Skåne County in Sweden, Århus in Jutland, and Þingvellir in Iceland.
Box office

In Sweden, the film grossed SEK 8,963,000 at the box office. Its screenings were attended by 553,000 people.
Differences from the novel
Although the film mostly stays true to the book some notable differences can be seen.

Critical response

The film was well received by Swedish critics. 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 Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Augusto Pinochet, Richard Nixon and Saddam Hussein.
Accolades



References
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