In this six part period drama Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.
production details
Denmark – Sweden | DR1 | 6×50 minutes | 28 March – 2 May 2010
Director: Peter Flinth
Script: Jan Guillou, Hans Gunnarsson
cast
Joakim Nätterqvist as Arn Magnusson
Sofia Helin as Cecilia Algotsdotter
Stellan Skarsgård as Birger Brosa
Michael Nyqvist as Magnus Folkesson
Mirja Turestedt as Sigrid
Morgan Alling as Eskil Magnusson
Sven-Bertil Taube as Bishop Bengt
Bibi Andersson as Mother Rikissa
Gustaf Skarsgård as Knut Eriksson
Simon Callow as Father Henry
Vincent Pérez as Brother Guilbert
Thomas W. Gabrielsson as Emund Ulvbane
Julia Dufvenius as Helena
Jørgen Langhelle as Erik Jedvardsson
Svante Martin as Karl Sverkersson
Lina Englund as Katarina Algotsdotter
Annika Hallin as Syster Leonore
Valter Skarsgård as Jon
Martin Wallström as Magnus Månsköld
Bill Skarsgård as Erik