Le crociate - Kingdom of Heaven

Titolo originale: Kingdom of Heaven
Regia: Ridley Scott |
Anno: 2005
Origine: Germany | Spain | United Kingdom | United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Azione Avventura Storia Guerra
Tag: epic | blacksmith | muslim | crusade | jerusalem | catapult | swordsman | battlefield | knight | religion | epic battle | desert battle | knight templars | 12th century | saladin | suspicious | christian | dramatic | egotistical | ambiguous | antagonistic | audacious | authoritarian | complicated | derogatory | dubious | melodramatic | sword battle |
Cast: Orlando Bloom | Eva Green | Jeremy Irons | David Thewlis | Ghassan Massoud | Liam Neeson | Brendan Gleeson | Marton Csokas | Alexander Siddig | Michael Sheen | Khaled El Nabawy | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Kevin McKidd | Velibor Topic | Jon Finch | Ulrich Thomsen | Jouko Ahola | Shane Attwooll | Peter Cant | Nathalie Cox | Emilio Doorgasingh | Samira Draa | Ériq Ebouaney | Giannina Facio | Iain Glen | Philip Glenister | Martin Hancock | Lotfi Yahya Jedidi | Nasser Memarzia | Steven Robertson | Matthew Rutherford | Karim Saleh | Michael Shaeffer | Bronson Webb | Angus Wright | Edward Norton |

Balian è un maniscalco che ha perso la famiglia e che ha rischiato di perdere anche la fede. Le guerre di religione che sconvolgono la remota Terra Santa gli sembrano lontane anni luce. Ma il destino bussa alla porta di Balian sotto le spoglie di un grande cavaliere, Godfrey di Ibelin...

Errori

The trebuchets are shown with metal axles for the throwing arm (this is most visible as the camera [...] D
In some scenes involving horses, modern orange cones can be seen on the ground directing the riders [...] D
In the directors cut version, Balian is in Jerusalem, praying where Christ was crucified - you see [...] D
The so-called 'Templar' who attacks Balian before the battle of Hattin (in 1187) wears a white surc [...] D
Early in the film when performing his blacksmith duties, Balian is shown hot shoeing a horse with a [...] D
The way for the final assault on the walls of Jerusalem was prepared by a variety of siege engines [...] D
The movie shows Muslim martyrs (shaheeds) enshrouded. A normal deceased is enshrouded while a marty [...] D
When the vultures are feeding following the Battle of Hattin, the species shown is the Griffon Vult [...] D
The size of the hole made by the sword in the sand when Imad falls after the fight for the horse ch [...] D
When the messenger from Saladin is stabbed in the throat by Guy de Lusignan, the blood that is squi [...] D
During the 12th century, the Knights Templar wore the Maltese cross on their habits. It wasn't unti [...] D
In the Director's Cut, Sibylla tells her son, soon to be Baldwin V, in his geography lesson, that t [...] D
Trebuchets throw their projectiles in a notably high arc, not the low direct path shown. D
A few times during the movie, the Muslims are shown praying while the prayer call is being delivere [...] D
All the shields were produced from the same moulds and are all the same, right down to the dents an [...] D
At the beginning of the film, when the party is ambushed, a rider charges towards Godfrey. He is we [...] D
The death of Raynald of Châtillon was slightly different than the film, where he is killed by Sa [...] D
Saladin's recitation of Al-Fatiha (the first chapter of the Holy Quran) is not complete. After the [...] D
In the beginning of the movie when Balian is pounding on his piece, he is shown quenching the end o [...] D
In the movie we see Mullah (Khaled Nabawy) wearing clothes with inscriptions of the Quran on the ar [...] D
In the beginning of the film the blacksmith is hammering a hot piece of iron which he puts in water [...] D
In the opening scene, the priest continually refers to Balian's deceased wife as a suicide. Althoug [...] D
(at around 2h 5 Mins) When Balian speaks to the people of Jerusalem after surrendering the city, a [...] D
Contrary to what is shown, at the time of the Siege of Jerusalem, Balian was married with two child [...] D
When the priest's assistants are burying Balian's wife, the priest instructs them to behead the cor [...] D
Balian's hair keeps changing between shots when he and Tiberias talk on the battlefield. D
A camera can be seen briefly to the right during the fight Balian is ambushed by the three knights [...] D
Balian's arm was slashed by a sword perpendicular to his arm, however, the injury shown later has t [...] D
Patriarch Eraclius is depicted as a coward who advocated abandoning Jerusalem and its inhabitants i [...] D
About 132 minutes (2:12) of the Director's Cut of this film "King Guy de Lusignan" (Marton Csokas) [...] D
The effects of trebuchets have been extremely overdone. They neither reach as far as the film impli [...] D
In the Kerak battle sequence, the lighting changes back and forth drastically between cuts, from ha [...] D
At about the 1 hour 50 mark during the siege of Jerusalem the crescent moon can be seen above Jerus [...] D
After the breach in the wall during the siege on Jerusalem, when the camera pans overhead there is [...] D
From 36:05 on, for some seconds, behind Orlando Bloom, in the distance and out of focus, a light mo [...] D
In the movie Jerusalem is shown to be in a flat, sandy desert. Jerusalem is actually set on top of [...] D
Throughout the battle scenes, the crescent moon and star are used as symbols of Islam. However, the [...] D
The castle of Raynald of Chatillon, called simply "Karak" in the movie and known as "Crac des Moabi [...] D
After the siege "all" were not "safely escorted to the sea". Rather, a ransom was paid, which allow [...] D
Contrary to what is shown, the casualties among the defenders in Jerusalem were actually only a few [...] D
During the battle for Jerusalem, the crescent moon and the star in the banner change positions duri [...] D
Throughout the siege of Jerusalem, when the defenders use projectile weapons such as bows, trebuche [...] D
While Balian is in Sicily, some crusaders can be seen carrying a banner with the arms of Castile an [...] D
Contrary to what is stated (that there were no knights in the city), Jerusalem did have a modest nu [...] D
Prop weapon visible, when the English Sergeant executes the son of Roger de Cormiere, his pick axe [...] D
In front of Reynald's castle, when Saladin's army comes, a yellow plastic pole that marks a stoppin [...] D
When Balian is building the timber water channel he places the lower level duct on top of the highe [...] D
The kind of helmet worn by the Templar that tries to kill Balian wasn't used until the next century [...] D
During the second day of the siege, Balian watches several Saracen soldiers put their flag upon one [...] D
In the film, King Baldwin IV (Edward Norton) wears an iron mask to hide the horrific signs of his l [...] D
After Balian defeats the Muslim cavalier, Imad's white horse runs off, and Imad rides the cavalier' [...] D
During the ambush on the road in France, archers are shown using bows which are at least five and p [...] D
Guy stabs Saladin's messenger in the throat with a small dagger. When the messenger falls, Guy is h [...] D
During the sea voyage and at other times, Balian is costumed in a top cinched with a row of buttons [...] D
When Reynald, Guy, and the Templars spot the caravan, the Saracen people are walking in column foll [...] D
When the Muslims are praying near Jerusalem they are praying towards the setting sun, west, not tow [...] D