| The Last King | |
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| Birkebeinerne | |
| Directed by | Nils Gaup |
| Screenplay by | Ravn Lanesskog |
| Produced by | Per Henry Borch Mary Callery Malene Ehlers Peter Garde Finn Gjerdrum Eszter Gyárfás Lone Korslund Stein B. Kvae Jackie Larkin Lesley McKimm Viktória Petrányi Erik Poppe Julius Solheim Kaare Storemyr Judit Sós Henrik Zein |
| Starring | Jakob Oftebro Kristofer Hivju Thorbjørn Harr Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen Ane Ulmoen Øverli |
| Cinematography | Peter Mokrosinski |
| Edited by | Christoffer Heie Tomas Täng |
| Music by | Gaute Storaas |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Magnolia Pictures Nordisk Filmdistribusjon StudioCanal At Entertainment Koch Media |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Countries | Norway Denmark Sweden Ireland Hungary |
| Languages | Norwegian Danish Swedish |
The Last King (Norwegian: Birkebeinerne) is a 2016 Norwegian historical drama, directed by Nils Gaup. The story, inspired by true events, centers on the efforts of the Birkebeiner loyalists to protect the infant, Haakon Haakonsson, the heir to the Norwegian throne after the death of his father, King Haakon Sverresson. The film is set during the civil war era in Norway during the 13th-century.[1][2][3]