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The Crusades( 1935)

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Overview

King Richard the Lionhearted launches a crusade to preserve Christianity in Jerusalem.

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      Loretta Young

      Berengaria, Princess of Navarre

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      Henry Wilcoxon

      Richard, King of England

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      Ian Keith

      Saladin

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      C. Aubrey Smith

      The Hermit

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      Katherine DeMille

      Alice, Princess of France

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      Joseph Schildkraut

      Conrad, Marquis of Montferrat

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      Alan Hale

      Blondel

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      C. Henry Gordon

      Philip the Second, King of France

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      George Barbier

      Sancho, King of Navarre

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      Montagu Love

      The Blacksmith

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      Ramsay Hill

      John, Prince of England

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      Lumsden Hare

      Robert, Earl of Leicester

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      Maurice Murphy

      Alan, Richard's Squire

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      William Farnum

      Hugo, Duke of Burgundy

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      Hobart Bosworth

      Frederick, Duke of the Germans

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      Pedro de Cordoba

      Karakush

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      Mischa Auer

      Monk

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      Albert Conti

      Leopold, Duke of Austria

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      Sven Hugo Borg

      Sverre, the Norse King

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      Paul Sotoff

      Michael, Prince of Russia

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      Fred Malatesta

      William, King of Sicily

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      Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

      Nicholas, Count of Hungary

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      Anna Demetrio

      Duenna

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      Perry Askam

      Soldier

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      Vallejo Gantner

      Marshal of France

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      Ann Sheridan

      Christian Slave Girl (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Jun 19 2022
    It's probably best to start off by saying that this is most certainly not an history lesson. Cecil B. De Mille has used the third crusade as little more than a template for his grand-scale story of Richard the Lion-heart (an efficient Henry Wilcoxon) as he capitalises on this holy quest as an excuse to avoid marrying the ambitious Princess Alice (Katherine de Mille), sister to co-crusader Philip II of France (C. Henry Gordon). En route to Jerusalem, they must provision in Navarre where the shrewd King Sancho (a rather fun George Barbier) sees an opportunity to offload his beautiful daughter Ber...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • crusade
    • historical figure
    • richard the lionheart
    • 12th century