The Brothers Lionheart

(1977)

★ 6.7 IMDb · 111 votes

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Family

Year: 1977

Runtime: 106 мин

Country: Sweden

Director: Olle Hellbom

Cast: Staffan Götestam, Lars Söderdahl, Аллан Эдвалль, Gunn Wållgren, Folke Hjort, Per Oscarsson, Tommy Johnson, Jan Nygren, Micha Gabay, Georg Årlin

Plot

After brothers Jonathan and Crusty pass away, they reunite in Nangijala, the land of eternal spring. Casting a long shadow over their world is the tyrant Tengil, ruler of the country Karmanjaka, where he’s building his new fortress up in the Ancient Mountains.

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.