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Shadow of the Sword [DVD]

Steven Berkoff , Nikolaj Coster-Waldau , Simon Aeby    Suitable for 15 years and over   DVD
3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Actors: Steven Berkoff, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Julie Cox
  • Directors: Simon Aeby
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: None
  • Dubbed: None
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: None
  • Audio Description: None
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Arrow
  • DVD Release Date: 9 April 2012
  • Run Time: 104 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0072HTWQ2
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 9,451 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Fearsome swordplay abounds in this 16th Century epic chronicling the time-tested loyalty of two friends during the notorious Inquisition. As children, Martin (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Headhunters, Game of Thrones) and Georg (Peter McDonald, Wreckers) developed a strong bond, both orphans growing up in a monastery. Following a 15 year absence, neither could have predicted the devastating circumstances which cause their lives to collide once more. When soldier Martin unwittingly becomes forced into the role of executioner, and local cleric Georg sentenced to death, Martin has to make a choice: will he be executioner or saviour?


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29 of 32 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars You can't go wrong with this one 13 April 2012
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This film deserves far more credit than it appears to have received. Yes it is linked to the Exceptional Game of Thrones, mainly through the actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau but it offers so much more.

The story itself is driven by two central characters Martin played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Georg (Peter McDonald). Both orphans who are parted as youngsters and who undertake 2 very different journeys, Martin becomes a soldier Georg a Friar. 15 Years later they are reunited Georg has become a Friar of great standing within the city Martin a war weary soldier who has begun to question the rules set out by the Church. It is whilst visiting his long lost friend that Martin spies and falls in Love with the Executioners daughter Anna played by Anastasia Griffith . Thought to be amongst the lowest of the low (Historical fact: Executioners lived on the outskirts of the town or village where they plied their trade. They were considered to be untouchables and only an Executioner would marry another Executioners daughter). Martin fathers a child with Anna and being not only a man of honour but also madly in love with her he marries her and as a consequence must himself become the Executioner on the death of Anna's father, no other job being available to him once he became linked in such an intimate way with the Executioner and his family.

Fabio, the Executioners assistant is not pleased about this as he himself had expected (quite rightly) to marry Anna and take over from her father on his death and so he sets out to discredit Martin and destroy his family. How he does this I won't ruin by telling you but it involves a theft from the church and the arrival of the Inquisition which was never a good sign.

The level of research that went into this film is truly astounding. For those in the know Martins life, being a soldier, falling in love with an Executioners daughter and becoming an Executioner himself Mirrors the early life of Charles Sanson (1658-1695) of Abbeville. The Great Grandfather and Sire of the French dynasty of Executioners named Sanson. The life of an Executioner likewise was portrayed very accurately. Thought to be ignorant, many were in fact highly educated (self taught) even though they were banned from schools or attending any classes where the general population might attend.

All in all this is a very well researched, well written and superbly acted piece of work and I believe you would be hard pressed to find it's equal. To be honest I had just watched another film concerning the Inquisition "The Pit and the Pendulum with Lance Erickson and compared to this that film was truly atrocious.

Give this one a try I don't think you will be disappointed. Unfortunately there are no extras on the DVD but to be honest when you have a film this good who needs extras, the film stands alone as most Masterpieces should.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good film. 10 Jan 2013
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It was a very interesting film. Acting good, atmosphere that captured the era. Only acting I found ,sometimes wooden
Entertaining..
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good for TV 3 May 2013
By Atalos
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There are plenty of films around like this. I call them 'just don't make it' films. This means that the idea is good, usually the costumes and sets are good and as a TV programme very good, like a Cadfael level. Not worth spending a lot of money on but an interesting couple of hours viewing.
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