Richard the Lionheart and the Children of God

Movie
German title	Richard the Lionheart and the Children of God
Original title	Lionheart
Country of production	USA , Hungary
original language	English
Publishing year	1987
length	104 minutes
Age rating	FSK k. A.
Rod
Director	Franklin J. Schaffner
script	Menno Meyjes Richard Outten
production	Talia Shire Stanley O'Toole
music	Jerry Goldsmith
camera	Alec Mills
cut	David Bretherton Richard Haines
occupation
Eric Stoltz : Robert Nerra Gabriel Byrne : the Black Prince Nicola Cowper : Blanche Dexter Fletcher : Michael Deborah Moore : Mathilda Nicholas Clay : Charles De Montfort Bruce Purchase : Simon Nerra Neil Dickson : Richard the Lionheart Penny Downie : Madelaine Nadim Sawalha : Selim Paul Rhys : Head of the Underground City

Richard the Lionheart and the Children of God (Original title: Lionheart ) is an American - Hungarian adventure film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from 1987 .

action

The young knight Robert Nerra comes to Paris in 13th century France after the death of his brother. There he begins to look after two orphans who want to join Richard the Lionheart's crusades with him . But the children are threatened by the black prince who enslaved numerous orphans. On the way on their journey, more and more children join Nerra, who are also on the run from the black prince.

background

The script, written by Menno Meyjes and Richard Outten based on a story by Meyjes, deals with the historical events of the Children's Crusade of 1212.

Francis Ford Coppola actually planned to direct the project himself, but then left the director's chair to his colleague Franklin J. Schaffner and thus only took part in the production of the film. The production had a high budget and was filmed mostly on locations in Hungary and Portugal . Due to poor reviews and few viewers, the film was only shown briefly in international cinemas.

criticism

"Simply structured, but lavishly equipped adventure film, which is based on the events surrounding the children's crusade of 1212 without claiming to be historical."

- Lexicon of international film

"One of the last films by director Franklin J. Schaffner ( Papillon , Planet of the Apes ), who elaborately - if not exactly imaginative - processed a historically authenticated story from the Middle Ages."

- prism

"Uplifting epic for Christian youth."

- Cinema

Web links

• Richard the Lionheart and the children of God in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Richard the Lionheart and the children of God in All Movie Guide (English)
• Richard the Lionheart and the Children of God in the online movie database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Richard the Lionheart and the Children of God. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
2. ↑ Richard the Lionheart and the Children of God. In: prisma.de . Retrieved November 21, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Richard the Lionheart and the Children of God. In: Cinema . Hubert Burda Media , accessed on April 22, 2013 .