The Crusades (film)

The Crusades
VHS cover for The Crusades
Directed by	Cecil B. DeMille
Produced by	Cecil B. DeMille Henry Herzbrun
Written by	Harold Lamb Waldemar Young Dudley Nichols
Starring	Loretta Young
Cinematography	Victor Milner
Editing by	Anne Bauchens
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures (original) Universal Studios (current)
Release date(s)	25 October 1935
Running time	125 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Crusades is a 1935 film directed by Cecil B. DeMille.

Plot

Mostly taking elements from the Third Crusade, King Richard (the Lionhearted) is enlisted in a crusade to bring Jerusalem back into Christian hands in order to get out of a betrothal with Alice, the Princess of France. En route, Richard meets Berengaria the Princess of Navarre and marries her in exchange for food for his men. During the Crusader's attempts to get past the walls of Acre, Berengaria is captured by the Muslim Sultan Saladin and he brings her back to Jerusalem and attempts to woo her. Eventually, the Crusaders make their way to Jerusalem and after many battles Saladin declares a truce and Richard agrees. Berengaria and Richard fall in love and all the gates of Jerusalem are opened.

Cast

• Loretta Young as Berengaria of Navarre
• Henry Wilcoxon as Richard I of England
• Ian Keith as Saladin, Sultan of Islam
• C. Aubrey Smith as The Hermit
• Katherine DeMille as Princess Alice of France
• Joseph Schildkraut as Conrad of Montferrat
• Alan Hale as Blondel
• Sven Hugo Borg as Sverre
• Montagu Love as Hercules, the Blacksmith
• Ramsay Hill as John, Prince of England
• Lumsden Hare as Robert, Earl of Leicester
• Maurice Murphy as Alan, Richard's Squire
• William Farnum as Hugo, Duke of Burgundy
• Hobart Bosworth as Frederick, Duke of the Germans

External links

• The Crusades at the Internet Movie Database

• http://www.new-video.de/film-die-kreuzritter-the-crusaders/