Flesh and Blood

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Movie
German title Flesh and Blood
Original title Flesh + Blood
Country of production Spain , USA , Netherlands
original language English
Publishing year 1985
length 128 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
Rod
Director Paul Verhoeven
script Gerard Soeteman
Paul Verhoeven
production Gijs Versluys
music Basil Poledouris
camera Jan de Bont
cut Ine Schenkkan
occupation

Flesh and Blood (alternatively flesh and blood ) is a film made in 1985 by Paul Verhoeven .

action

The film is set in Italy around 1500. At the center of the plot is a group of mercenaries who murder and plunder on orders, are betrayed by their general and finally make uncontrollable booty on their own. Love potions, arranged marriages, rape , the plague , castle sieges and religious superstition are also discussed . In general, the film deals with various human urges and their consequences.

The story begins in 1501 when the aristocrat Arnolfini wanted to free his castle from the hands of his enemies. He hires a group of mercenaries to carry out the attack, but secretly plans to cheat them out of their pay. The mercenaries then begin to fight against Arnolfini and bring Agnes, who is to be married to the count's son, under their power. Agnes is raped and mistreated, but begins to feel comfortable at the side of the mercenary leader Martin.

Reviews

prisma-online : “One of the darkest (possibly also the most realistic) films about the end of the Middle Ages: there is murder, rape, looted and pillaged. Not only the century, but also the characters are very dark, especially Rutger Hauer. All in all, this is a very excellent action spectacle that was a bit underestimated at the time. The full version is even better! "

The lexicon of international films judged the film to be "a bloodthirsty" sex and crime "spectacle that presents the accumulation of brutalities as naturalistic illustrations of the dark Middle Ages."

Awards

The film was nominated for the 1986 International Fantasy Film Award in the Best Picture category. In 1985 Flesh and Blood won two Golden Calves at the Nederlands Film Festival in the categories of Best Director and Best Film .

background

The film was a financial failure, with a budget of roughly $ 6.5 million against a box office gross of $ 100,000.

Age rating

In January 1987 the film received full FSK approval from the age of 18 for cinema screening, which was adopted in June 1987 for the identical VHS version. In May 1989 said VHS was indexed by the BPJS. Subsequent, also uncensored DVD releases were distributed with the same release. In March 2013, "flesh and blood" was removed from the index after an application to delete the list. As a result, on October 8, 2010, the film received the rating “No youth approval” as part of a re-examination.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Approval for Flesh and Blood . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2013 (PDF; test number: 55 797 V).
  2. ↑ prisma-online , accessed on March 2, 2017.
  3. ↑ Flesh and Blood. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ↑ Information from the IMDb , accessed on July 20, 2010.
  5. ↑ Flesh and Blood removed from the index . Message on schnittberichte.com. Retrieved March 26, 2013.

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