WILLIAM TELL

By Nick HAMM

BETA CINEMA - as SALES

Epic - Completed 2024

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.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2024
Gala Presentations
Ventana Sur 2024
European Screenings
Zurich FF 2024
Gala Premiere
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Epic
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM, ITALY
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 125 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Nick HAMM
    • Producer(s)
    • Piers TEMPEST (Tempo Productions), Nick HAMM, Marie-Christine JAEGER-FIRMENICH
    • Synopsis
    • 1307, the Holy Roman Empire is in turmoil. 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.