Solomon Kane
Solomon Kane is a 2009 sword and sorcery film based on the pulp magazine character of the same name created in 1928 by Robert E. Howard. Written and directed by M. J. Bassett, the film stars James Purefoy in the title role. Despite obtaining the rights in 1997, filming did not begin until January 2008.
Plot
In the year 1600, in North Africa, English privateer Solomon Kane leads his ship's crew into battle against the Ottoman defenders of a fortress town. After defeating the defenders, Kane and his men raid the fortress, where most of the crew are killed by demons. Kane fights his way to the throne room, but, before he can loot the riches, he is confronted by the "Devil's Reaper", a demon who tells him his soul is forfeit to Satan after his life of sin. Kane rejects his fate and jumps out of a window to escape.
Cast
- Alice Krige
- Andrea Miltner
- Ben Steel
- Beryl Nesbitt
- Brian Caspe
- Curtis Matthew
- Geoff Bell
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- Ian Whyte
- Isabel Bassett
- James Babson
- James Purefoy
- Jason Flemyng
- John Comer
- Josef Kuhn
- Mackenzie Crook
- Madaleine Bassett
- Marek Vašut
- Mark O'Neal
- Matthew Stirling
- Max von Sydow
- Pete Postlethwaite
- Philip Waley
- Philip Winchester
- Rachel Hurd-Wood
- Robert Orr
- Rory McCann
- Samuel Roukin
More details
| author | M. J. Bassett |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | England |
| director | M. J. Bassett |
| editor | Andrew MacRitchie |
| genre | action adventure fantasy |
| keywords | ambush ancestral home attack church coma crucify derange devil expel force kill kingdom of england magician masked rider new world north africa older brother on the road ottoman ottoman empire puritan roman catholic church satan sorcerer the new world throne room travel |
| musicBy | Klaus Badelt |
| producer | Samuel Hadida |
| productionCompany | Davis Films |
| publisher | Entertainment Film Distributors Metropolitan Filmexport |
| recordedAt | Barrandov Studios Czech Republic Horšovský Týn Hostivař http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q84770361 Jevany Lada v Podještědí Průhonice Pusté kostely Ralsko Točník Castle United Kingdom Zvíkov Castle |
| theme | gothic |