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The Headsman
''The Headsman'' (aka ''Shadow of the Sword'', Au. ''Henker'') is a 2005 film directed by Simon Aeby. Set in early 16th century Tyrol, it is set before the background of the turmoils of the Lutheran Reformation. It was filmed in Austria and Hungary. Plot The Headsman 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. Cast *Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Martin * Peter McDonald as Georg *Anastasia Griffith as Anna *Steven Berkoff as Inquisitor *Eddie Marsan as Fabio *Julie Cox as Margaretha *John Shrapnel as Archbishop *Lee Ingleby as Bernhard *Patrick Godfrey Patrick Lindesay Archibald Godfrey (born 13 February 1933) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought him fame and fortune. He lived much of his boyhood and the last fifteen years of life in Cooperstown, New York, which was founded by his father William Cooper (judge), William Cooper on property that he owned. Cooper became a member of the Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal Church shortly before his death and contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years, where he was a member of the Linonian Society.#Lounsbury, Lounsbury, 1883, pp. 7–8 After a stint on a commercial voyage, Cooper served in the U.S. Navy as a midshipman, where he learned the technology of managing sailing vessels which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. The novel that launched his career was ''The Spy (Cooper nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lutheranism
Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched the Reformation, Protestant Reformation. The reaction of the government and church authorities to the international spread of his writings, beginning with the ''Ninety-five Theses'', divided Western Christianity. During the Reformation, Lutheranism became the state religion of numerous states of northern Europe, especially in northern Germany, Scandinavia and the then-Livonian Order. Lutheran clergy became civil servants and the Lutheran churches became part of the state. The split between the Lutherans and the Roman Catholics was made public and clear with the 1521 Edict of Worms: the edicts of the Diet (assembly), Diet condemned Luther and officially banned citizens of the Holy Roman Empire from defending or propagatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Set In The 16th Century
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiction Set In The 1540s
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a traditional narrow sense, "fiction" refers to written narratives in prose often referring specifically to novels, novellas, and short stories. More broadly, however, fiction encompasses imaginary narratives expressed in any medium, including not just writings but also live theatrical performances, films, television programs, radio dramas, comics, role-playing games, and video games. Definition Typically, the fictionality of a work is publicly marketed and so the audience expects the work to deviate in some ways from the real world rather than presenting, for instance, only factually accurate portrayals or characters who are actual people. Because fiction is generally understood to not fully adhere to the real world, the themes and context of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Drama Films
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on each hand. In mathematics 5 is the third smallest prime number, and the second super-prime. It is the first safe prime, the first good prime, the first balanced prime, and the first of three known Wilson primes. Five is the second Fermat prime and the third Mersenne prime exponent, as well as the third Catalan number, and the third Sophie Germain prime. Notably, 5 is equal to the sum of the ''only'' consecutive primes, 2 + 3, and is the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes, ( 3, 5) and (5, 7). It is also a sexy prime with the fifth prime number and first prime repunit, 11. Five is the third factorial prime, an alternating factorial, and an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Films
2005 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. Evaluation of the year Renowned American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy stated on his website, "Despite films like “Crash,” which deals with racism in contemporary America, and geopolitical exposes like ''Syriana'' and ''Munich'', the 2005 movie year may go down in film history as the year of sexual diversity." He went on to emphasize, "It's hard to recall a year in which sex, sexuality, and gender have featured so prominently in American films, both mainstream Hollywood and independent cinema. I am deliberately using the concepts of sexual diversity and sexual orientation, rather than gay-themed movies, because the rather new phenomenon goes beyond homosexuality or lesbianism. For decades, American culture has been both puritanical and hypocritical as far as sexual matters are con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Mason (actor)
Joseph Mason may refer to: Sportpeople * Joe Mason (footballer, born 1991) (born 1991), Irish footballer who currently plays with Cavalry F.C. * Joe Mason (footballer, born 1940) (1940–2019), Scottish former footballer who played with Rangers F.C. and Greenock Morton F.C. Politicians * Joseph Mason (Canadian politician) (1839–1890), merchant and politician in British Columbia, Canada * Joseph Mason (Illinois politician), member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1913 to 1917. * Joseph Mason (New York politician) (1828–1914), U.S. Representative from New York Others * Joseph Mason (artist) (1802–1842), American artist and assistant to John James Audubon * Joseph Mason (settler) Joseph Mason, (January 28, 1840-February 11, 1881) was an explorer, business man, law man, and early settler of the Colorado Territory He is best known as the "Father of Fort Collins, Colorado". Mason was an early white homesteader in Larimer ..., early American settler of Colorado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Godfrey
Patrick Lindesay Archibald Godfrey (born 13 February 1933) is an English actor of film, television and stage. Life and career Godfrey was born in Finsbury, London to Rev. Frederick Godfrey and Lois Mary Gladys (née Turner). In 1956 Godfrey joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carlton Hobbs Bursary. He made his film debut in ''Miss Julie'' (1972), and appeared in several British films of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, including ''A Room with a View'', ''The Remains of the Day'', ''The Importance of Being Earnest'', ''The Count of Monte Cristo'', ''Dimensions'' and ''Les Misérables''. He also played Leonardo da Vinci in the Cinderella adaptation ''Ever After'' alongside Drew Barrymore and Dougray Scott. He had many roles on television, appearing in ''Doctor Who'', ''Inspector Morse'', and other series. Personal life He has been married to actress Amanda Walker since 20 April 1960 and they have two children. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Ingleby
Lee David Ingleby (born 28 January 1976) is an English film, television and stage actor. He is best known for his roles as Detective Sergeant/Detective Inspector John Bacchus in the BBC drama ''Inspector George Gently'', as Stan Shunpike in ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' and the role of Paul Hughes, the father of an autistic child, Joe, in a BBC drama, ''The A Word''. Early life Ingleby was born in Burnley, Lancashire, son of Gordon Ingleby and Susan M Hoggarth, and lived in nearby Brierfield during the early part of his life, attending Edge End High School, as did fellow actor John Simm. Both were taught by the same drama teacher Brian Wellock who encouraged them into the professional theatre. He then studied at Accrington and Rossendale College before progressing to the drama school LAMDA in London. Career Ingleby's first major role was as the young lead in the 2000 BBC miniseries ''Nature Boy'' alongside Paul McGann. He played Smike in a 2001 television f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Shrapnel
John Morley Shrapnel (27 April 1942 – 14 February 2020) was an English actor. He is known mainly for his stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre in the United Kingdom and for his many television appearances. One of his well-known roles was Mr. Skinner in the 1996 live-action film '' 101 Dalmatians''. Early life Shrapnel was born John Morley Shrapnel in Birmingham, Warwickshire (now West Midlands) on 27 April 1942, the son of journalist / author Norman Shrapnel and Mary Lillian Myfanwy (née Edwards). Shrapnel was brought up in Stockport and London, and was educated first at Mile End School, Stockport, where he started acting as a member of the school's drama society, and then at the City of London School, an independent school for boys in the City of London, where he played Hamlet in the school play; he then attended St Catharine's College, Cambridge, St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, from which he received an Master ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Cox
Julie Cox is an English actress. She played Princess Irulan in the Sci Fi Channel's 2000 miniseries ''Frank Herbert's Dune'' and its 2003 sequel, ''Frank Herbert's Children of Dune''. She also played The Childlike Empress in ''The Neverending Story III''. Career One of Cox's earliest roles was the Childlike Empress in the 1994 film ''The NeverEnding Story III''. She played Diana, Princess of Wales in ''Princess in Love'' by David Greene, a film released in 1996 based upon the publication by Anna Pasternak. Cox played the character Sophie Aronnax in a remake of ''20,000 Leagues under the Sea'' in 1997, and in 1999 she appeared as Giulietta in the film adaptation of '' Alegría''. Cox portrayed Princess Irulan in the 2000 Sci Fi Channel miniseries ''Frank Herbert's Dune'' and its 2003 sequel, ''Frank Herbert's Children of Dune''. Cox starred with Jean-Claude Van Damme in ''Second in Command'' (2006) and in 2007 was the female lead in '' The Riddle'' alongside Vinnie Jones, Derek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Marsan
Edward Maurice Charles Marsan (born 9 June 1968) is an English actor. He won the London Film Critics Circle Award and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film '' Happy-Go-Lucky'' (2008). He has featured in films such as ''Gangster No. 1'' (2000), ''Ultimate Force'' (2002), ''V for Vendetta'' (2006), '' Mission: Impossible III'' (2006), '' Sixty Six'' (2006), ''Hancock'' (2008), ''Sherlock Holmes'' (2009), ''War Horse'' (2011), '' Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows'' (2011), ''The Best of Men'' (2012), '' The World's End'' (2013), '' Still Life'' (2013), and ''The Exception'' (2016). His major TV credits include his role as Terry in Showtime's ''Ray Donovan'' (2013–2020) and as Mr Norrell in the BBC drama ''Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell'' (2015). Early life Marsan was born on 9 June 1968 in the Stepney district of London, to a working-class family; his father was a lorry driver and his mother was a school dinner lady and teacher's ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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