Shadow of the Sword - A Headsman's Tale (aka Headsman)
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 2006
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 108 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Simon Aeby
- Producer
- Mike Downey, Peter Rommel
- Editor
- Karin Hartusch
- Screenwriter
- Susanne Freund, Steve Attridge
- Director of Photography
- Vladimir Smutny
- Sound
- Colin Nicholson
- Composer
- Matthias Weber
- Principal cast
- Nikolai Coster-Waldau, Anastasia Griffith, Peter McDonald, Steven Berkoff, Eddie Marsan, Julie Cox, John Shrapnel, Lee Ingleby
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Fame Productions
LondonUK
mike.downey@fame.uk.com
Allegro Filmproduktion GmbH
Krummgasse 1A1030 Wien, Österreich
T +43 1 712 50 36,
Sales Company
Sola Media GmbH
Osumstrasse 1770599 Stuttgart, Germany
T+ 49 711 479 36 66
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