1ST 'BIRKEBEINERNE' POSTERS
FROM 13TH CENTURY EPIC MOVIE
The only thing I have for you this boring summer weekend are the stunning first posters announcing Norwegian historical epic BIRKE- BEINERNE which should bring snowstorms into Scandinavian cinemas next February! Starring Jakob Oftebro (KON TIKI) and Kristofer Hivju (GAME OF THRONES) with Pål Sverre Hagen and Thorbjørn Harr, and set at the beginning of the 13th century this epic adventure brings the story of the greatest flight which changed Norwegian history forever.
DEZZY'S HISTORY LESSON
Birkebeinerne was the name for a rebellious party in Norway, formed
in 1174 around the pretender to the Norwegian throne, Eystein Meyla. The
name comes from the fact that the rebels were so poor that they made
their shoes of birch bark. BIRKE- BEINERNE movie will tell the story
they're most famous for: they escorted the two-year-old Haakon
Haakonsson, an heir to the Norwegian throne (the secret son of the dying
king whom half of the kingdom wants to kill and two men are trying to
protect), to safety from Østerdalen to Trondheim, a long and 
perilous
journey through treacherous snowy mountains and forests. Haakon IV later on became the longest ruling king of Norway with 46 year long rule known as their Golden Age!
Birkebeinerne was the name for a rebellious party in Norway, formed
in 1174 around the pretender to the Norwegian throne, Eystein Meyla. The
name comes from the fact that the rebels were so poor that they made
their shoes of birch bark. BIRKE- BEINERNE movie will tell the story
they're most famous for: they escorted the two-year-old Haakon
Haakonsson, an heir to the Norwegian throne (the secret son of the dying
king whom half of the kingdom wants to kill and two men are trying to
protect), to safety from Østerdalen to Trondheim, a long and perilous
journey through treacherous snowy mountains and forests. Haakon IV later on became the longest ruling king of Norway with 46 year long rule known as their Golden Age!