Betrayed by power. Corrupted by love. Bound by honor.
A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.
- 6.6
- 1985
- Released
- 2h 6m
Rutger Hauer
Martin
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Agnes
Tom Burlinson
Steven
Jack Thompson
Hawkwood
Susan Tyrrell
Celine
Ronald Lacey
Cardinal
Brion James
Karsthans
John Dennis Johnston
Summer
Bruno Kirby
Orbec
Fernando Hilbeck
Arnolfini
Marina Saura
Polly
Kitty Courbois
Anna
Simón Andreu
Miel
Jake Wood
Little JohnHans Veerman
Father George
Héctor Alterio
Niccolo
Blanca Marsillach
Clara
Nancy Cartwright
KathleenJorge Bosso
SterzMario De Barros
HermanIda Bons
Roly PolyJaime Segura
Lord of the CastleBettina Brenner
Lady of the Castle
Siobhan Hayes
Child of the Castle
Susan Beresford
Sturdy WomanMònica Lucchetti
Tongueless Girl
Anne Lockhart
Wife
Released
en
$6,500,000.00
$100,000.00
- #rape
- #kidnapping
- #mercenary
- #prince
- #castle
- #sword fight
- #betrayal
- #priest
- #soldier
- #falling in love
- #battle
- #medieval
- #nobility
- #black death
- #science vs religion
- #statue
- #candid
- #sword and sorcery
- #cruel
- #scathing
Reviews
The Lord "Arnolfini" (Fernando Hilbeck) makes quite a misjudgement when he promises a fortune to mercenary leader "Martin" (Rutger Hauer) if he agrees to help him retake his castle, only to renege on the deal. "Martin" and his merry band duly attack a caravan that is carrying his son "Steven" (Tom Burlinson) and fiancée "Agnes" (Jennifer Jason Leigh). She is brutally raped by the men, with the com
The supporting characters make this a classic. Most classic films are that way. This tale of Middle Ages blood and gore and survival is quite epic. Paul Verhoeven directs, so we can expect the "in your face" style that he's best at doing. There isn't the comic relief that you get in a lot of his movies. This is hard nosed action and blood. I guess that's why it's "Flesh+Blood". The romantic
***Moral ambiguities and barbaric reality in post-Medieval Europe*** At the beginning of the 16th century in plague-ridden Western Europe an uncouth band of lawless mercenaries led by the charismatic Martin (Rutger Hauer) kidnap a virgin noblewoman (Jennifer Jason Leigh) as revenge against a double-dealing Lord (Fernando Hilbeck). The tough commoners hole up in a small castle while the Lord’s s