Shadow of the Sword
The Headsman
Overview
Central Europe, early 16th century: two childhood friends, Martin & Georg, find themselves on rival sides of a religious war with both of them struggling to do the right thing.
- Budget
- $8,500,000
- Production
- Eurofilm Stúdió, Samsa Film, Film and Music Entertainment, T&C Film, Allegro Film
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Cast
Crew
- Director
- Simon Aeby
- Writers
- Steve Attridge,Susanne Freund
- Producers
- Helmut Grasser
- Cinematography
- Vladimír Smutný
- Composer
- Matthias Weber
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CinemaSerf
August 2, 2025
Ok, so the writing and much of the acting do rather let this down, but it has assembled a surprisingly decent cast and the standard of the production is really fairly good for what must have been a fairly low-budget affair. It’s all about two lads who were separated at a young age. One - “Georg” (Peter McDonald) is headed for holy orders, the other “Martin” (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) is seconded into the military service of the emperor. Years pass and events now dictate that the former man be the p…