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Director: | Ridley Scott |
Studio: | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
Writer: | William Monahan |
Rating: | 7.2 (165,985 votes) |
Rated: | R |
Date Added: | 2014-04-12 |
Awards: | 4 wins & 11 nominations |
Genre: | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War |
IMDb: | 0320661 |
Location: | 1351 |
Duration: | 144 |
Aspect Ratio: | 2.35 : 1 |
Sound: | DTS |
Languages: | English, Arabic, Latin, Italian |
Summary: It is the time of the Crusades during the Middle Ages - the world shaping 200-year collision between Europe and the East. A blacksmith named Balian has lost his family and nearly his faith. The religious wars raging in the far-off Holy Land seem remote to him, yet he is pulled into that immense drama. Amid the pageantry and intrigues of medieval Jerusalem he falls in love, grows into a leader, and ultimately uses all his courage and skill to defend the city against staggering odds. Destiny comes seeking Balian in the form of a great knight, Godfrey of Ibelin, a Crusader briefly home to France from fighting in the East. Revealing himself as Balian's father, Godfrey shows him the true meaning of knighthood and takes him on a journey across continents to the fabled Holy City. In Jerusalem at that moment--between the Second and Third Crusades--a fragile peace prevails, through the efforts of its enlightened Christian king, Baldwin IV, aided by his advisor Tiberias, and the military ...
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