Ronal the Barbarian is a 2011 Danish

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 stereoscopic computer animation

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 feature film

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 directed by Thorbjørn Christoffersen, Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen and Philip Einstein Lipski, their third cinema feature following Terkel in Trouble

Terkel in Trouble

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and Journey to Saturn

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, produced by Einstein Film with the support of the Danish Film Institute

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, TV 2

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, distributor Nordisk Film

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 and Nordisk Film & TV Fond. It is a comedic

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 fantasy adventure which parodies

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 the barbarians and other stereotypes of sword and sorcery

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 fiction, role-playing game

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s and films such as Conan the Barbarian

Conan the Barbarian

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 and the Dungeons & Dragons class

Barbarian (Dungeons & Dragons)

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, with nods towards the 1980s fantasy boom and its association with glam metal

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. It is released in Denmark on September 29, 2011.

Cast

The voice acting

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 includes Thure Lindhardt

Thure Lindhardt

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, Lars Bom

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, Ole Ernst

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, sword and sorcery veterans Brigitte Nielsen

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 and Sven-Ole Thorsen

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, Lars Mikkelsen

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 and Rune Klan

Rune Klan

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 in the original Danish and Ben Bledsoe

Ben Bledsoe

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, Dee Snider

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, Pierce Cravens and Louis Lombardi

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 in the English-language dub

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External links

• Character designs at Twitch
• Teaser, trailers and motion posters at YouTube
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