Heart of a Lion (2013)
Table of contents
- Basic facts
- Links and resources
- Titles
- Crew
- Cast
- Companies
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Production location
- Release dates
- Soundtrack listing
- Awards
- Related films
- Subjects
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
Media (1)
| Original title | Leijonasydän |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
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Cast
Plot summary
Teppo is a neo-Nazi in his forties. He falls madly in love with Sari. They move in together and Sari introduces Teppo to her 10-year-old son Roope, who is mulatto. Teppo must confront and...
Titles
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Crew
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Cast
| Peter Franzén | Teppo | ||
| Laura Birn | Sari | ||
| Erin Dickerson | Rita | ||
| Mikko Kaukolampi | Nygren | ||
| Jasper Pääkkönen | Harri | ||
| Pamela Tola | Tölli | ||
| Jussi Vatanen | Kulmala | ||
| Eeva Litmanen | lärare | ||
| Mikko Neuvonen | Daniel | ||
| Timo Lavikainen | Olli | ||
| Laura Munsterhjelm | läkare | ||
| Jani Toivola | Salif |
Companies
| Production Company | Helsinki Filmi Oy | ||
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| Co-Production Company | Anagram Produktion AB | ||
| Sveriges Television AB | |||
| Supported by | Suomen Elokuvasäätiö | ||
| Nordisk Film & TV Fond | |||
| Advance allocations | Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet |
Plot summary
Teppo is a neo-Nazi in his forties. He falls madly in love with Sari. They move in together and Sari introduces Teppo to her 10-year-old son Roope, who is mulatto. Teppo must confront and overcome his own prejudices, and the boy's. Roope tries everything he can to get rid of his new stepfather. When Sari suddenly falls ill and has to go to hospital, the two are left on their own.
Technical specifications
| Length in minutes | 99 min |
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Release dates
| Festival showing | 2014-01-26 | Biopalatset 1 | Gothenburg | Sweden | 99 min | 37:e Göteborg International Film Festival 2014. Nordiskt ljus. |
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| 2014-01-27 | Roy | Gothenburg | Sweden | 99 min | 37:e Göteborg International Film Festival 2014. Nordiskt ljus. | |
| 2014-01-29 | Biopalatset 1 | Gothenburg | Sweden | 99 min | 37:e Göteborg International Film Festival 2014. Nordiskt ljus. | |
| TV showing | 2016-06-03 | SVT2 | Sweden | |||
| 2018-06-09 | SVT1 | Sweden | ||||
| 2019-04-04 | SVT2 | Sweden |
Holdings Film
The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se
| Element type | Digitalt visningsmaterial |
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| Carrier type | DCP |
Holdings Posters
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Poster title | Leijonasydän |
Holdings Scripts
| Script type | Inspelningsmanus |
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| Script title | Lionheart. Feature film screenplay. 6th draft. 11 July 2012. Written by Aleksi Bardy. Director Dome Karukoski. |
| Extent | 88 s. |
| Language | English |
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Extent | 63 s. + finsk för- och eftertext samt musiklista. |
| Language | Swedish |
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Script title | Dialogi 1-4 alkutekstejä. |
| Extent | 74 s. |
| Language | Finnish |
| Script type | Inspelningsmanus |
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| Script title | Lion heart. Feature film screenplay. 5th draft April 2012. To be directed by Dome Karukoski. |
| Extent | 83 s. 1 s. synopsis ingår. |
| Language | English |
