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Shadow of the Sword (2005) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 2005 · 115 mins · English
- Directed by
- Simon Aeby
- Starring
- Eddie Marsan, Nikolaj Coster Waldau, Maria Hofstätter, Peter McDonald, Virág Bárány, John Shrapnel
Set in early‑sixteenth‑century Central Europe amid the upheaval of the Reformation, two childhood friends—Martin and Georg—are drawn onto opposite sides of a brutal religious war. As battles rage around them, each grapples with loyalty, conscience and the search for what is morally right.
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