The Headsman

The Headsman

Infobox Film
name = The Headsman


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director = Simon Aeby
producer =
writer = Susanne Freund
narrator =
starring = Nikolaj Coster Waldau
Peter McDonald
Anastasia Griffith
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released = 2005
runtime = 115 min.
country = U.K. / Austria / Switzerland / Luxembourg / Hungary / Germany
language = English
budget =
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website = http://henker.at/
amg_id = 1:338083
imdb_id = 0440464

"The Headsman" (aka "Shadow of the Sword", Au. "Henker") is a 2005 film directed by Simon Aeby. Set in early 16th century Tyrol, it is set before the background of the turmoils of the Lutheran Reformation. It was filmed in Austria and Hungary.

The film was nominated for the Grand Prix des Amériques at the Montréal World Film Festival in 2005.

Cast

*Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Martin
*Peter McDonald as Georg
*Anastasia Griffith as Anna
*Steven Berkoff as Inquisitor
*Eddie Marsan as Fabio
*Julie Cox as Margaretha
*John Shrapnel as Archbishop
*Lee Ingleby as Bernhard
*Patrick Godfrey as Bertram
*Joe Mason as Jakob

External links

*imdb title|id=0440464|title=The Headsman
*amg title|id=1:338083|title=Shadow of the Sword
* [http://henker.at/ Official Austrian site (German)]


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