{{short description|2013 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox film | name = Disciple | image = Disciple 2013.jpg | caption = Original Swedish film poster | director = {{Interlanguage link|Ulrika Bengts|sv}} | producer = Mats Långbacka | writer = {{plainlist| * Roland Fauser * Jimmy Karlsson }} | starring = Niklas Groundstroem | music = | cinematography = Robert Nordström | editing = | distributor = Långfilm Productions | released = {{Film date|2013|9|27|df=yes}} | runtime = 80 minutes | country = Finland | language = Swedish }} '''''Disciple''''' ({{langx|sv|Lärjungen}}) is a 2013 Finnish Swedish-language drama film directed by {{Interlanguage link|Ulrika Bengts|sv}}. It tells the 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elonet.finna.fi/Record/kavi.elonet_elokuva_1533573|title=Lärjungen|website=Elonet|access-date=13 September 2023|language=fi|archive-date=19 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219183512/https://elonet.finna.fi/Record/kavi.elonet_elokuva_1533573|url-status=live}}</ref>
The film was selected as the Finnish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,<ref name="86th">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/international/the-disciple-tapped-finnish-candidate-in-foreign-language-oscar-race-1200595838/ |title=Finland Selects 'Disciple' as Oscar Candidate |access-date=2 September 2013 |work=Variety |archive-date=4 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904014949/http://variety.com/2013/film/international/the-disciple-tapped-finnish-candidate-in-foreign-language-oscar-race-1200595838/ |url-status=live }}</ref> but it was not nominated.
==Cast== *Niklas Groundstroem as Lighthouse Chief Hasselbond *Patrik Kumpulainen as Gustaf Hasselbond *{{Interlanguage link|Erik Lönngren|sv}} as Karl Berg *Amanda Ooms as Dorrit Hasselbond *{{Interlanguage link|Sampo Sarkola|sv}} as Lecturer Ajander *Ping Mon Wallén as Emma Hasselbond *Philip Zandén as Captain Hallström *Alfons Röblom as Sköld
==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
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|2194988|Disciple}} *{{Rotten-tomatoes|id=the_disciple_2013|title=The Disciple}} {{Finnish submissions for the Academy Award}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Disciple}} Category:2013 films Category:2013 drama films Category:Films set in Åland Category:Finnish drama films Category:2013 Swedish-language films Category:Swedish-language films from Finland Category:Swedish-language drama films Category:2013 Finnish films
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