Viggo Mortensen plays the Spanish soldier-turned-mercenary Captain Alatriste, a heroic figure from the country's 17th century imperial wars. Read more
| Starring | Viggo Mortensen, Elena Anaya, Unax Ugalde, Eduard Fernandez |
|---|---|
| Director | Agustin Diaz Yanes |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema |
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Viggo Mortensen plays the Spanish soldier-turned-mercenary Captain Alatriste, a heroic figure from the country's 17th century imperial wars.
| Starring | Viggo Mortensen, Elena Anaya, Unax Ugalde, Eduard Fernandez, Enrico Lo Verso, Eduardo Noriega, Ariadna Gil, Juan Echanove |
|---|---|
| Director | Agustin Diaz Yanes |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 15 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Spanish |
| Released | DVD: not available Production year: 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
The script is true to the spirit of the novels (by Arturo Perez_Reverte) if not always to the letter. It's good to see a truly epic non-English language film.
Viggo M.'s Spanish is very good despite the slight accent and he seems to have fully understood and embraced the anti-heroe in Alatriste.
The whole movie is beautifully filmed and the light or, more often than not, the shadows provide an atmosphere fitting the Spanish 'golden-age' in all its misery and splendor.
The cast is generally excellent but I must disagree with having a woman for the part of 'Torquemada' (head of the Spanish Inquisition at the time).
I can't wait to see this film again and for the English-subtitled version to be available so I can show it to my non-Spanish speaking friends.