The Brothers Lionheart
Movie
Type
1978
Year
1h 42m
Runtime
★ 6.9
Rating
Adventure / Fantasy / Family
Genre
9-year old Karl Lejon, 'Skorpan' is suffering from tuberculosis and knows that he will die soon. But his older brother Jonathan tries to comfort him by promising that they one day will meet in Nangijala, a magic country beyond the stars. Jonathan dies soon after in a house fire and Skorpan also passes away not long after. They meet in Nangijala, a country divided into the Cherry Blossom Valley and the Briar-Bush Valley. The people in the later are oppressed by the black knight Tengil and his dragon Katla. The two brothers, who now call themselves Jonathan and Karl Lion Heart, decide to help the freedom fighters against the oppression.
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Cast

Staffan Götestam
Jonatan

Lars Söderdahl
Skorpan

Allan Edwall
Mattias

Gunn Wållgren
Sofia

Folke Hjort
Jossi

Per Oscarsson
Orvar
Tommy Johnson
Hubert

Georg Årlin
Tengil

Bertil Norström
Pjuke

Micha Gabay
Kader

Jan Nygren
Veder

Aksel Erhardtsen
Tengil's Soldier