Crusader - Richard the Lionheart
Crusader - Richard the Lionheart is a US-American film from 1935. The main character in the film is Richard the Lionheart . Directed by Cecil B. DeMille .
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When the Saracens conquered Jerusalem in 1187 , a hermit promised the Islamic sultan Saladin that the Christians would crusade against him. France's King Philip II immediately prepares for the crusade. His sister Alice (Alix) has been promised as a wife to the English King Richard the Lionheart since she was a child .
Philip, Alice, his brother John and Konrad, the Marquis of Montferrat , immediately visit him and once again shows his unwillingness to marry Alice and, when Philip tells him about his participation in the crusade, his religious disbelief. However, he sees his participation in the crusade as an opportunity to avoid marriage to Alice. Meanwhile, John and Conrad are making plans for John to become King of England and Konrad King of Jerusalem.
When Richard is in Marseilles with his crusaders and supplies run out, the King of Navarre gives him supplies against the hand of his daughter Berengaria. At the wedding that same night, Richard, to Berengaria's disappointment, lets his sword represent him. After seeing her for the first time, Richard is thrilled and takes her on the crusade against her will.
Philipp wants to negotiate with Saladin. Saladin gives Christians one last chance to leave the country alive; Richard and his allies, however, insist on war. In return, Saladin attacks Richard's camp that night; a day-long battle ensues.
Prince John tries to usurp the crown. Philip promises Richard help against the conspirators if, in return, he is willing to renounce Berengaria and marry Alice. Richard reacts by crowning Berengaria as his queen in front of the nobles. Philipp then terminates the alliance with Richard, but then takes part in the battles for Acre. Berengaria is proud of Lionheart, he also promises that his sword will stand between the two until the conquest of Jerusalem. Berengaria - who is in the combat zone - is taken into custody by Saladin.
After the battle and conquest of Acre, the crusaders were given the opportunity to see the cross of Christ. Saladin wants Berengaria to be his wife, but she refuses. Konrad offers Saladin to betray Richard to him, but is murdered as a traitor by Saladin's men. When Berengaria promises her love for the Saracen, Saladin has Richard warned by his men. They can immediately intervene when Richard is attacked by Konrad's followers. Richard rushes to Saladin at once. Saladin makes him an offer of peace. Richard is unwilling to accept this, but Berengaria is able to convince him to make peace with the Sultan. Since Richard Berengaria had sworn to lay his sword at Jesus' tomb in Jerusalem, he only grudgingly accepted Saladin's condition that he should not enter Jerusalem. The prisoners of war are released and Berengaria is allowed to return to Richard; she lays down the sword in his place.
German version
The German dubbing was created in 1954 in the Berliner Synchron studios under the direction of Peter Elsholtz . The dialogue book was written by Fritz A. Koeniger .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| King Richard the Lionheart | Henry Wilcoxon | Ernst Wilhelm Borchert |
| Princess Berengaria of Navarre | Loretta Young | Catja Görna |
| Sultan Saladin | Ian Keith | Friedrich Joloff |
| King Philip II of France | C. Henry Gordon | Curt Ackermann |
| Princess Alice | Katherine DeMille | Tilly Lauenstein |
| hermit | C. Aubrey Smith | Walter Werner |
| Konrad , Marquis of Montferrat | Joseph Schildkraut | Klaus Miedel |
Awards
In 1936, Crusader Richard the Lionheart received an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography .
Reviews
- "Old American monstrous film. Use the third crusade to let an absurd love affair run off. The basic idea of the historical events suffocates in the external effort and in wild crowd scenes." - 6000 films, 1963
- "Typical monumental film by De Mille: love entanglements, magnificent equipment and spectacular crowd scenes suffocate the religious and historical motifs, but guarantee cinema entertainment." - Lexicon of international film
Web links
- Crusaders - Richard the Lionheart in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Crusader - Richard Löwenherz , entry in Arne Kaul's synchronous database; Retrieved on October 19, 2008 ( Memento of the original from July 24, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 6000 films. Critical notes from the cinema years 1945 to 1958 . Handbook V of the Catholic film criticism, 3rd edition, Verlag Haus Altenberg, Düsseldorf 1963, p. 246
- ^ "Lexicon of International Films" (CD-ROM edition), Systhema, Munich 1997
