Shadow of the Sword

IMDb link: 0440464
IMDb rating: 6 (1,170 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Simon Aeby
Cast: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Steven Berkoff, Peter McDonald, Anastasia Griffith, Virag Barany and others

Release date: 20 Jan 2006
Release year: 2005
Runtime: 115 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Hungary, Germany
Keywords: hangman, monk, torture, heretic, book burning, hanged body, town council, self flagellation, inquisitor, burned alive

Plot:

The Headsman (2005) tells a story of loyalty tested by two friends during Europe's 16th-century Inquisition. Orphans Martin (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and Georg (Peter McDonald) bond as children, but walk very different paths as adults. Georg follows his calling to join the church, while Martin becomes an army captain. When fate places Martin in the role of executioner, he must choose between friendship and fundamentalist doctrine.

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