Films about the Crusades

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How many of you would like to see films about the Crusades, from a Christian perspective? I certainly would.
 
“from a Christian perspective” would be the key phrase.
 
I agree that, as a major motion picture, it will not happen unless someone like Mel Gibson makes the picture.

Today’s entertainment industry is very unfriendly to the Christian perspective. Also, even within Christian circles, there are many views about the crusades. This is especially true with our Eastern Orthodox bretheren and the incidents during at least one of the crusades.

Another problem with making films about the topic is which one or ones to do. There were a number of crusades spread over a long period of time.

Films about the crusades would be difficult to do. This topic lends itself more to the documentary type media.

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I saw the movie: THE SEVENTH SEAL (1956) last night.

It was a realistic 14th century piece about a knight, Antonius Block, returning home to a plague swept Sweden from the crusades and his final search for the meaning of life before death takes him.

usccb.org/movies/s/seventhseal1956.htm

Though not directly about the crusades itself, there is enough reminscing about their crusade experiences to get a feel of what they went through.

(p.s. This movie has been viewed as one of the best movies ever made.)
 
Boy would I!! In school the only things i ever learn are about how the cruel, savage pope ordered the malicious soldiers to try to capture back the holy city, massacering all other people of other faiths along the way. I even had a teacher say to the class, that yes the muslims killed people too, but the christians were savages. Of all, i dont no 7? history books i’ve used in 11 years of school - only one has mentioned the cruelty of the Muslims, and that they did not allow the christians to make the pilgramage to their holy city. i would like ANYthing having to do with Crusades being told from the Christian perspective

and ill bet that mel gibson did make such a movie, people would brand it as anti - semetic, anti - muslim, what have you, just like they tried to do with the Passion, and not take it seriously
 
I’d like to see ANY medieval movie from a Christian perspective. How about Abelard and Heloise for example?
 
A second thought. I’m getting tired of this hand-wringing that we go through about the Crusades. Yep we have to answer for the Fourth and the sacking of Constantinople. Our fault without a doubt. But what about Islam? What about their faults? They were turned back at Tours but conquered Spain and didn’t stop one bit even after 1452 when they conquered Constantinople. I’ll take the Cross thank you very much. Deus Volt!
 
Cecil B DeMille’s movie on the crusades was the most objective on the subject. He was commended by Egypt for his even-handed approach to the subject. As a consequence he was allowed to film The Ten Commandments in Egypt with full support from the Egyptian govt.
 
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Cecil B DeMille’s movie on the crusades was the most objective on the subject. He was commended by Egypt for his even-handed approach to the subject. As a consequence he was allowed to film The Ten Commandments in Egypt with full support from the Egyptian govt.
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Yeah, because he compressed all eight Crusades into a single expedition, played up Saladin as the ultimate chivalrous guy and then finished it off by making the Crusaders realize that the kindly Muslims would let them visit Jerusalem willingly if only they asked nicely first.http://webpages.charter.net/connectingzone/disagree/28.gif
 
They should make a movie about Constantine and name it “Constantine”
 
Kevin Walker:
Has nothing to do with the Crusades.
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There’s no reasonable way to say that the siege of Malta was unconnected with the Crusades.
 
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Hospitaller:
There’s no reasonable way to say that the siege of Malta was unconnected with the Crusades.
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All the Crusades occured in the Holy Lands.
 
Kevin Walker:
All the Crusades occured in the Holy Lands.
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Not if you include the Crusades against the Albigensians in southern France, the Fourth Crusade which ended up in Byzantium, the Baltic Crusades against the pagan Lithuanians and Prussians, the Crusade against the Turks in Hungary, the proposed Crusade against the Mongols (which, since they never came back to Europe, proved unnecessary), and John Sobeiski’s destruction of the Turkish army at Vienna in 1683, which was counted as a Crusade as well.
 
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Hospitaller:
Not if you include the Crusades against the Albigensians in southern France, the Fourth Crusade which ended up in Byzantium, the Baltic Crusades against the pagan Lithuanians and Prussians, the Crusade against the Turks in Hungary, the proposed Crusade against the Mongols (which, since they never came back to Europe, proved unnecessary), and John Sobeiski’s destruction of the Turkish army at Vienna in 1683, which was counted as a Crusade as well.
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Hi,

Beginning in 1095 and ending in 1254, all six crusades took place in the Holy Lands. The sack against Constantinople was in reprisal for all the Muslim atrocities against Christians; and Constantinople was considered sacred by the Catholics and included in the Holy Lands.

Not all important military battles were considered Crusades.

Please visit the “What specifically were the Catholic Crusades?” thread, post #22.

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=36107&highlight=crusades
 
Kevin Walker:
Hi,

Beginning in 1095 and ending in 1254, all six crusades took place in the Holy Lands. The sack against Constantinople was in reprisal for all the Muslim atrocities against Christians; and Constantinople was considered sacred by the Catholics and included in the Holy Lands.

Not all important military battles were considered Crusades.

Please visit the “What specifically were the Catholic Crusades?” thread, post #22.

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=36107&highlight=crusades
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Perhaps you should request a mod change the title to “Films about the Christians fighting off Muslim aggression”. I still consider all of the aforementioned actions and campaigns Crusades.
 
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