Arn: The Knight Templar

About Arn: The Knight Templar

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.

Arn: The Knight Templar is a 2007 romance film directed by Peter Flinth. At 139 minutes long, it arrived in December 2007.

Its themes are middle ages (476-1453), swordplay, 12th century, and mother child separation. The film began as a novel.

Joakim Nätterqvist stars as Arn Magnusson, Sofia Helin as Cecilia Algotsdotter, Stellan Skarsgård as Birger Brosa, and Michael Nyqvist as Magnus Folkesson. The screenplay is by Hans Gunnarsson. Production companies include Arion Communications Ltd., Dagsljus Filmequipment, and YLE. American members can watch it on Howdy Amazon Channel and MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel.

Ivanhoe, Kingdom of Heaven, and Robin Hood make useful companions to Arn: The Knight Templar, all filed under crusade. TMDB voters put it at 6.3 out of 10 across 325 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.