William Tell

by Nick Hamm

The world-famous legend of the inspiring crossbow-warrior turned into a big budget epic by BAFTA-award winner Nick Hamm, starring a top-notch international cast led by Claes Bang and Golshifteh Farahani.

1307, the Holy Roman Empire is crumbling. As its grip on Europe loosens, new dynasties such as the Austrian Habsburg Family encroach on new lands, desperate for power. Switzerland, the once peaceful country, is overwhelmed and bows under the Austrian might. When the local huntsman William Tell sees a farmer begging for help after murdering a cruel Austrian governor, he reluctantly agrees to guide him to a safe location. But as he meets with more comrades along the way, Tell realizes that this act of violence is a larger sign of what's to come with the growing Swiss resistance. Tell is drawn into the madness when the cruel Austrian Viceroy Gessler orders him to shoot an apple from his son's head for refusing to bend the knee to Austrian authority. Once Tell's family has been threatened, there is no turning back. Tell not only commits to joining the resistance but ends up leading the fight against the Austrian forces. Scarred by his own experience in the depravity and destitution of war during the Crusades, he comes to realize what matters most: his family and preserving his country's independence for future generations.

Genre / Language
Drama / English
Original title
William Tell
directed by
Nick Hamm (THE JOURNEY, DRIVEN, GIGI & NATE, WHITE LINES)
director of photography
Jamie Ramsay (LIVING)
produced by
Tempo Productions, Free Turn Films with Groenlandia in association with DNeg Films supported by the IDM Film Fund.
Cast
  • Claes Bang (THE SQUARE, BAD SISTERS, DRACULA, THE NORTHMAN)
  • Connor Swindells (BARBIE, SEX EDUCATION, EMMA)
  • Golshifteh Farahani (PATERSON, EXTRACTION II, INVASION)
  • Jonah Hauer King (THE LITTLE MERMAID, THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ)
  • Ellie Bamber (MOSS & FREUD, NOCTURAL ANIMALS, WILLOW, THE SERPENT )
  • Rafe Spall (LIFE OF PI, THE BIG SHORT, JURASSIC WORLD)
  • Emily Beecham (THE INTERPRETER, LITTLE JOE, 1899)
  • Jonathan Pryce (THE TWO POPES, THE WIFE)
  • Ben Kingsley (GANDHI, SCHINDLER'S LIST)
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