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12/05/2005 Adventure, Action 1h 55m
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Overview

Central Europe, early 16th century: two childhood friends, Martin & Georg, find themselves on rival sides of a religious war with both of them struggling to do the right thing.

  1. Steve Attridge

    Writer

  2. Susanne Freund

    Writer

  3. Simon Aeby

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Steven Berkoff

    Inquisitor

  2. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

    Martin

  3. Julie Cox

    Margaretha

  4. Lili Gesler

    Librarian's daughter

  5. Anastasia Griffith

    Anna

  6. Maria Hofstätter

    Maria

  7. Virág Bárány

    Margaretha's Maid

  8. Patrick Godfrey

    Bertram

  9. Lee Ingleby

    Bernhard

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-08-02
Ok, so the writing and much of the acting do rather let this down, but it has assembled a surprisingly decent cast and the standard of the production is really fairly good for what must have been a fairly low-budget affair. It’s all about two lads who were separated at a young age. One - “Georg” (Peter McDonald) is headed for holy orders, the other “Martin” (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) is seconded into the military service of the emperor. Years pass and events now dictate that the former man be the prior in a small town where the latter is sent - as it’s executioner. John Shrapnel is pr...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$8,500,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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