| The Brothers Lionheart | |
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| Directed by | Olle Hellbom |
| Produced by | Olle Nordemar Olle Hellbom |
| Written by | Astrid Lindgren |
| Starring | Staffan Götestam Lars Söderdahl Allan Edwall Gunn Wållgren Folke Hjort Per Oscarsson |
| Music by | Björn Isfält Lasse Dahlberg |
| Distributed by | Svensk Filmindustri |
| Release date(s) | 23 September 1977 |
| Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
The Brothers Lionheart (Swedish: Bröderna Lejonhjärta) is a 1977 Swedish fantasy film directed by Olle Hellbom and based on the book The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren. It won Sweden's Guldbagge Award for Best Direction in 1978.[1]
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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.[2]
In Sweden, the film grossed SEK 8,963,000 at the box office.[3] Its screenings were attended by 553,000 people.[3]
The film was well-received by Swedish critics.[4] Often interpreting the film in contemporary terms, they compared Staffan Götestam's portrayal of Jonatan to Che Guevara,[4] and Georg Årlin's portrayal of Tengil to Hitler, Stalin, Pinochet, Richard Nixon and Saddam Hussein.[4]