Disciple (film)

Disciple (Swedish: Lärjungen) is a 2013 Finnish Swedish-language drama film directed by Ulrika Bengts. It tells story of a stern lighthouse chief living on the Lågskär Island, who takes a 13-year-old boy who grew up in a approved school as his apprentice. As the boy shows more and more competence for the given task, the lighthouse chief begins to reveal his cruel traits.^[1]

Disciple
Original Swedish film poster
Directed by	Ulrika Bengts
Written by	Roland Fauser Jimmy Karlsson
Produced by	Mats Långbacka
Starring	Niklas Groundstroem
Cinematography	Robert Nordström
Distributed by	Långfilm Productions
Release date	27 September 2013 (2013-09-27)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Finland
Language	Swedish

The film was selected as the Finnish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,^[2] but it was not nominated.

Cast

• Niklas Groundstroem as Lighthouse Chief Hasselbond
• Patrik Kumpulainen as Gustaf Hasselbond
• Erik Lönngren as Karl Berg
• Amanda Ooms as Dorrit Hasselbond
• Sampo Sarkola as Lecturer Ajander
• Ping Mon Wallén as Emma Hasselbond
• Philip Zandén as Captain Hallström

See also

• List of submissions to the 86th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Finnish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film