Greatest Historic Adventures (4 Mini-Series) - 12-DVD Box Set ( Arn: The Knight Templar (The Crusader) / In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale / Sword of War (Barbarossa) / The Buccaneers )

Greatest Historic Adventures (4 Mini-Series) - 12-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Arn: The Knight Templar (The Crusader) / In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale / Sword of War (Barbarossa) / The Buccaneers
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
1561 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1956 - 2010 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Peter Flinth
Uwe Boll
Renzo Martinelli
C.M. Pennington-Richards

Written By:
Hans Gunnarsson
Jan Guillou
Doug Taylor
Jason Rappaport
Renzo Martinelli
Giorgio Schottler
Terence Moore
Thomas A. Stockwell

Actors:
Joakim Nätterqvist ..... Arn Magnusson (6 episodes, 2010)
Sofia Helin ..... Cecilia Algotsdotter (6 episodes, 2010)
Stellan Skarsgard ..... Birger Brosa (6 episodes, 2010)
Morgan Alling ..... Eskil Magnusson (4 episodes, 2010)
Gustaf Skarsgård ..... Knut (4 episodes, 2010)
Fanny Risberg ..... Cecilia Blanka (4 episodes, 2010)
Milind Soman ..... Saladin (4 episodes, 2010)
Driss Roukhe ..... Fakhr (4 episodes, 2010)
Bibi Andersson ..... Moder Rikissa (3 episodes, 2010)
Nicholas Boulton ..... Gerard De Ridefort (3 episodes, 2010)
Anders Baasmo Christiansen ..... Harald Øysteinsson (3 episodes, 2010)
Frank Sieckel ..... Sigfried De Turenne (3 episodes, 2010)
Göran Ragnerstam ..... Biskop Erland (3 episodes, 2010)
Annika Hallin ..... Syster Leonore (3 episodes, 2010)
Michael Nyqvist ..... Magnus Folkesson (2 episodes, 2010)
Jason Statham ..... Farmer
Leelee Sobieski ..... Muriella
John Rhys-Davies ..... Merick
Ron Perlman ..... Norick
Claire Forlani ..... Solana
Kristanna Loken ..... Elora
Matthew Lillard ..... Duke Fallow
Brian White ..... Commander Tarish
Mike Dopud ..... General Backler
Will Sanderson ..... Bastian
Tania Saulnier ..... Talwyn
Ray Liotta ..... Gallian
Burt Reynolds ..... King Konreid
Gabrielle Rose ..... Delinda
Terence Kelly ..... Trumaine
Rutger Hauer ..... Federico Barbarossa
Raz Degan ..... Alberto da Giussano
F. Murray Abraham ..... Siniscalco Barozzi
Christo Jivkov ..... Gherardo Negro
Antonio Cupo ..... Alberto dell'Orto
Cécile Cassel ..... Beatrice di Borgogna
Kasia Smutniak ..... Eleonora
Ángela Molina ..... Ildegarda di Binden
Elena Bouryka ..... Antonia
Hristo Shopov ..... Rinaldo di Dassel
Federica Martinelli ..... Tessa
Maurizio Tabani ..... Giovanni da Giussano
Riccardo Cicogna ..... Wibaldo
Gian Marco Tavani ..... Lorenzo della Pigna
Robert Alexander Baer ..... Alberto as a Child
Robert Shaw ..... Capt. Dan Tempest
Paul Hansard ..... Taffy / ... (36 episodes, 1956-1957)
Brian Rawlinson ..... Gaff Guernsay
Edwin Richfield ..... Crewman Armando (32 episodes, 1956-1957)
Peter Hammond ..... Lt. Edward Beamish (26 episodes, 1956-1957)
Roy Purcell ..... 1st Spanish Guard / ... (23 episodes, 1956-1957)
Neil Hallett ..... Bosun Bassett / ... (22 episodes, 1956-1957)
Wilfred Downing ..... Crewman Dickon / ... (17 episodes, 1956-1957)
Willoughby Gray ..... Pop / ... (17 episodes, 1956-1957)
Dennis Lacey ..... 1st Spanish Sailor / ... (16 episodes, 1956-1957)

Synopsis:

Arn: The Knight Templar (2010)
Arn has to endure so much before he can get the love of his life Cecilie, who has been put away in a monastery.
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)
A man named Farmer sets out to rescue his kidnapped wife and avenge the death of his son - two acts committed by the Krugs, a race of animal-warriors who are controlled by the evil Gallian.
Sword of War (2009)
A young man and his army challenge German ruler Frederick Barbarossa (Rutger Hauer) in the 12th century.
The Buccaneers (1956)
Captain Dan Tempest was an ex-pirate who received a pardon from the King and turned privateer after his stronghold of New Providence was taken over by Crown soldiers. Tempest and Lt. Beamish, the Crown-appointed deputy governor, were uneasy allies, fighting the Spanish privateers who were ravaging the Caribbean.

Arn: The Knight Templar (2010)
Season 1
Episode #1.1 S1, Ep1 28 Mar. 2010
Arn Magnusson remembers, as a fearful crusading templar, his youth in fractured Sweden's West Gotland. He and his brother Erskin were friends with king Erik's son Knut, until a neighboring warlord killed the king to seize the crown during the local church's solemn consecration. After Arn's seemingly fatal fall and 'miraculous survival', his mother insisted on keeping a promise to God to offer the boy as oblate to the regional abbey. There abbot Henri allowed father Guilbert, a former templar, to add warrior skills to his monastic education.
Episode #1.2 S1, Ep2 4 Apr. 2010
Arn's brothers wold be-fiancée fails to seduce Arn before he finds out she's the sister of his beloved. Prince Knut, now an adult, is back from Norwegian exile to reclaim the throne. He lures crack archer Arn to help him kill the usurper, but Arn's family fears that only leads to civil war. Arn's siren convinces the bishop that her alleged lover Arn and his true love, her sister, committed mortal sins, so they are confined to strict convents for 'half their lives', 20 years.
Episode #1.3 S1, Ep3 11 Apr. 2010
Arn is now a seasoned Templar, enjoying trust and respect of the grand master. His chivalrous behavior towards Muslim passersby wins him the respect of sultan Saladin, who was anonymously among them. When Saladin's army marches to besiege Jerusalem, he sends a retainer to offer Arn safe passage, which is declined. Arn correctly analyzes the enemy's best route and sets a masterly trap, which forces Saladin to retreat for the time being. Back home, Arn's beloved Cecilia gave birth to their son, which was taken away, and suffers a horror regime under the Sverker abbess. ...
Episode #1.4 S1, Ep4 17 Apr. 2010
At the end of his penance term of 20 years, Templar Arn expects to return home with an honorable discharge from the late grandmaster after a last desert mission, during which he must defeat fellow knights to prevent Bedouin allies being slaughtered. The grandmaster's successor tears it up, claiming victory over Saladin is at hand and imposing foolish risks. In Sweden, his bride Cecilia is offered to succeed the wicked abbess, who dies cursing her for refusing to forgive. However she chooses to leave, visit their son Magnus, now a man, and seeking to find and marry Arn...
Episode #1.5 S1, Ep5 25 Apr. 2010
The haughty grandmaster's expedition ends as disastrously as Arn warned: the crusader army is annihilated by Saladin's at the battle of Hattin. The sultan's brother however rescues badly wounded Arn from the battlefield, nurses him to health and accompanies him home to Sweden. They arrive just in time to prevent Cecioa, who was told all Templars were dead, accepting to becoming abbess for the family's political sake. Their patriarchs' objections result in the bishop forbidding a wedding, but the archbishop undoes that after an intervention from the bride's friend, ...
Episode #1.6 S1, Ep6 2 May 2010
After happy years for Arn and his finally reunited family, king Knut is dying, spelling a bloody civil war. Fearing a Danish intervention would be fatal, the Folkungs arrange a deal by which Karl, whose father's throne Knut re-usurped, succeeds but must adopt Knut's firstborn Erik as crown prince. Rightly suspecting foul play, Arn sends his Danish former Templars squire along as supposed turncoat, in fact Eric's bodyguard. After he prevents Eric and his brothers, one of which is however slain, being cowardly drowned, Arn takes command of a revolt...
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)
Set in the kingdom of Ehb, the story follows Farmer (Jason Statham), who was adopted by his village. When Farmer's wife, Solana (Claire Forlani), and his son leave to sell vegetables at the town of Stonebridge, Farmer's farm is attacked by creatures called Krugs. With the help of his friend and neighbor Norrick (Ron Perlman), he travels to Stonebridge where his wife and son are. Before he arrives, the Krugs, controlled by the wizard Gallian (Ray Liotta), kill his son and capture his wife. Farmer, with the help of Bastian (Will Sanderson), his brother-in-law, and Norrick sets out to find and rescue his wife. The King's nephew Fallow (Matthew Lillard) is conspiring with the wizard Gallian to take over the kingdom led by King Konreid ('Burt Reynolds').
Sword of War (2009)
German Emperor Barbarossa will stop at nothing to conquer and build his empire. But a young man from Milan, along with his army of 900 men known as the Company of Death, is prepared to challenge the Emperor.
The Buccaneers (1956)
Season 1
Blackbeard S1, Ep1 19 Sep. 1956
Captain Woodes Rogers travels to the Bahamas to accept his new position as Governor. With him he brings a King's pardon to all who will give up piracy. Blackbeard is not convinced and suspects a trap.There is dissension among the pirates between who wants the pardon and who does not. In the confusion Blackbeard makes his escape.
The Raiders S1, Ep2 26 Sep. 1956
The island of New Providence is in danger from pirate raiders led by Charles Vane. Governor Rogers must decide on whether to go after Vane, thus leaving the island unprotected, or repairing the damaged fort and waiting for Vane to return and strike again.
Captain Dan Tempest S1, Ep3 3 Oct. 1956
Captain Dan Tempest arrives at the island of New Providence. He is several weeks late to accept the pardon and is promptly arrested by Governor Rogers for piracy. He is later approached by Rogers and given a chance to redeem himself by delivering cargo to Charleston. Lt. Beamish accompanies him on the voyage. When they are met on the open sea by Blackbeard, will Tempest fight him or join him?
Dan Tempest's War with Spain S1, Ep4 10 Oct. 1956
Gov. Woodes Rogers has left the Island of New Providence and left Lt. Beamish in command as Acting Governor. Meanwhile a Spanish Galleon has sailed into the harbor presumably with peaceful intentions. While Beamish believes their message of peace the one group that does not is languishing in jail...Dan Tempest and his men arrested for a barroom brawl. Beamish is soon betrayed by the Spaniard Captain and it's up to Tempest to save the Island from the Spanish.
The Wasp S1, Ep5 17 Oct. 1956
A raiding party of pirates led by Blackbeard is looting the storehouse of New Providence. They leave behind one teenage lad to cover their retreat. Tempest is frustrated that raids like this can happen and wants Beamish to supply him with weapons to arm his sloop so he can go to sea and take the fight to them. Beamish sees to it and the captured boy is pressed into service as Tempest's cabin boy and they head out to sea to search for Blackbeard.
Whale Gold S1, Ep6 24 Oct. 1956
A crew are at sea in search of Ambergris, better known as whale gold. A substance worth 5 times its weight in gold. When a number of the crew find a deposit on an island things get difficult when they try to hide their find from the rest of the crew.
The Slave Ship S1, Ep7 31 Oct. 1956
Three slaves escape to sea and in turn discover and capture a slave ship themselves. They know the British will be coming after them and so begins a desperate bid for freedom.
Gunpowder Plot S1, Ep8 7 Nov. 1956
Tempest is tasked with securing extra gun powder from the Admiralty after a succession pirate raids. The Admiralty refuses to give him the gunpowder and Tempest has to resort to some unconventional tactics.
The Ladies S1, Ep9 14 Nov. 1956
Word comes through that a promised shipload of women is approaching New Providence. Tempest and the island administration have a concern that Blackbeard may be aware of the ship and decide to lay a trap for him if he attacks.
The Surgeon of San Rojo S1, Ep10 21 Nov. 1956
When a typhus outbreak hits New Providence, Captain Tempest must launch a desperate mission to bring relief to the dying inhabitants.
Before the Mast S1, Ep11 28 Nov. 1956
A pirate ship is seen in the waters around New Providence, with a Spanish blockade already in place, Tempest concocts an audacious plan to not only stop the pirate but destroy his ship.
Dan Tempest and the Amazons S1, Ep12 5 Dec. 1956
A French Privateer arrives in New Providence with a very strange cargo. As discussions continue the prospective cargo decide the matter for both parties.
The Articles of War S1, Ep13 12 Dec. 1956
The island is running out of food. The situation becomes even more desperate when a Spanish naval ship arrives insisting that if Spanish prisoners are not released then an expected food ship will be attacked and destroyed.
The Hand of the Hawk S1, Ep14 19 Dec. 1956
The authorities are trying to drum up more business for the colony. The first merchantmen to arrive has a crew member killed with a warning, 'beware the mark of the Hawk'. Dan needs to try and figure out who the murder might have been and what us the significance of the warning.
Marooned S1, Ep15 26 Dec. 1956
The colony is celebrating the Kings birthday when a raiding party led by pirate Clip West attacks and steals most of the supplies. Once the authorities become aware of the situation, Dan is sent in pursuit of the raiding party.
Gentleman Jack and the Lady S1, Ep16 29 Dec. 1956
Tempest's ship clashes with another privateer over a prize. Capt Gentleman Jack issues a warning of revenge to Tempest and his crew. But Gentleman Jack is not the person people expected him to be.
Mr. Beamish and the Hangman's Noose S1, Ep17 9 Jan. 1957
A new acting governor arrives at the colony and immediately arrests Beamish on a string of charges that will require him to return to London for a court marshal. Tempest is convinced there is a political motive behind the act and sets out to discover who is behind the action.
Dead Man's Rock S1, Ep18 16 Jan. 1957
With the Sultana out of action a Spanish warship takes the opportunity to attack the colony and arrest Governor Beamish. Tempest must find a way to rescue Beamish and stop the Spanish incursion.
Blood Will Tell S1, Ep19 23 Jan. 1957
A lawyer arrives at the colony looking for the last reaming heir to the Gresham fortune. A lad appears that everyone assumes is lying, but doubts begin to rise over the lad's true origins.
Dangerous Cargo S1, Ep20 30 Jan. 1957
Tempest is tasked with transferring an important passenger from a passing British warship to Barbados all under the watchful eye of the Spanish.
The Return of Calico Jack S1, Ep21 6 Feb. 1957
Calico Jack arrives in the colony while Tempest is away on business. This leads to tension between the two crews, and inexperience in dealing with conflict leads to some difficult situations.
Ghost Ship S1, Ep22 13 Feb. 1957
Captain Tempest on board the Sultana encounters an abandoned Dutch ship. Tempest sees a prize, but a number of the crew fear it is a ghost ship and the spirits are restless.
Conquistador S1, Ep23 20 Feb. 1957
A series of attacks are blamed on Dan Tempest and the crew of the Sultana. Beamish refuses to believe the situation till he sees Tempests actions with his own eyes.
Mother Doughty's Crew S1, Ep24 27 Feb. 1957
A series of pirate raids puts Dan Tempest under pressure to catch the perpetrator. Tempest has to also dampen down rumors his own crew may be behind the attacks.
Conquest of New Providence S1, Ep25 6 Mar. 1957
While at sea, Tempest discovers that New Providence has been invaded by a Spanish force. Tempest heads back to port and begins putting together a plan to return the island to English control.
Hurricane S1, Ep26 13 Mar. 1957
As New Providence is recovering from a hurricane, word comes through that a Spanish treasure ship has sunk nearby. Tempest decides to try and recover the gold as a way to finance the rebuilding of the town.
Cutlass Wedding S1, Ep27 20 Mar. 1957
Taffy backs out of marriage with one of the colony girls. In retaliation the girls threaten to leave. Tempest tries to broker a new proposal before the women follow through with their threat.
The Aztec Treasure S1, Ep28 23 Mar. 1957
Taffy backs out of marriage with one of the colony girls. In retaliation the girls threaten to leave. Tempest tries to broker a new proposal before the women follow through with their threat.
Prize of Andalusia S1, Ep29 3 Apr. 1957
Dan Tempest Holds an Auction S1, Ep30 10 Apr. 1957
Captain Tempest comes across the survivor of a pirate attack. Using the information supplied by the man, he goes in search of the pirates to either destroy them or recover the stolen gold.
Spy Aboard S1, Ep31 17 Apr. 1957
Captain Tempest is robbed by the ruthless pirate Peg Leg. He comes to the realization there must be a spy aboard his own ship the Sultana. He decides the only way to get his fortune back is get a spy onto the pirate ship.
Flip and Jenny S1, Ep32 24 Apr. 1957
Tempest finds two children stowed away on his ship. They tell a story of their father, an indentured slave, being thrown in jail for his refusal to work until the local land owner agrees to educate the children.
Indian Fighters S1, Ep33 1 May 1957
Tempest returns famous Indian fighter Understandable Perkins to his home town. Instead of an expected heroes welcome Perkins is charged with treason and thrown in jail. Tempest sets out to right the wrong.
Mistress Higgins' Treasure S1, Ep34 8 May 1957
Captain Tempest is smuggling a load of farm tools to a group of desperate farmers when he encounters a strange woman at sea. She tells a tale of buried pirate treasure she has discovered in a cave on an island.
To the Rescue S1, Ep35 15 May 1957
Tempest arrives at Savannah in the promise of a valuable cargo. Local politics make moving a load of tobacco very risky, with so much at stake Dan rolls the dice and takes the load.
The Decoy S1, Ep36 22 May 1957
Tempest is sailing for Charleston with a valuable load of furs. While trying to avoid a pirate 'The Turk' he finds a strange woman alone in a dingy at sea, who tells an even stranger story.
The Instrument of War S1, Ep37 29 May 1957
Tempest arrives at Prisioner's Island to pick up a valuable cargo. He becomes concerned when he discovers the cargo is a single Scottish Highland Chief.
Pirate Honour S1, Ep38 5 Jun. 1957
Tempest tries to save a young boy who's knowledge of buried gold makes him a valuable target of the famed pirate Black Bart.
Printer's Devil S1, Ep39 12 Jun. 1957
Captain Tempest becomes involved when he sees a printer shut down for spreading stories of corruption amid the government. Tempest thinks there is some truth behind the story and decides to make a stand.

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