SHADOW OF THE SWORD
by Simon Aeby
synopsis
At the end of the Middle Ages two friends turn out to be at the mercy of the powerful church. Georg, the prior, tries to withstand the pressure of the church. However, his best friend Martin, the executioner, becomes a rebel jeopardizing his existence, his life and the life of his family to protect innocent from the diabolic machinery of the inquisition. The friends become deadly enemies.
| international title: | Shadow of the Sword (Headsman) |
| original title: | Henker |
| country: | Austria, Luxembourg, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Hungary, Germany |
| sales agent: | Sola Media GmbH |
| year: | 2004 |
| genre: | animation |
| directed by: | Simon Aeby |
| film run: | 115' |
| screenplay: | Susanne Freund |
| cast: | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Anastasia Griffith, Peter McDonald |
| cinematography by: | Vladimír Smutný |
| film editing: | Karin Hartusch |
| art director: | Christoph Kanter |
| music: | Matthias Weber |
| producer: | Peter Rommel, Helmut Grasser |
| production: | Allegro Film, Samsa Film, T&C Film AG, Eurofilm Studio Ltd, Henchpik (UK), Home Run Pictures (DE) |
| backing: | Austrian Film Institute, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Cine Styria, Bundesamt fur Kultur, Film Fund Luxembourg, SFDRS, lnvicta Capital |
| distributor: | Allegro Film (AT) |
