Genre Hybrids, Movements & Traditions
Flesh + Blood
1985
Betrayed by power. Corrupted by love. Bound by honor.
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
User Rating
2
Intensity
A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble Lord who stiffs them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.
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- Director
- Paul Verhoeven
- Written by
- Gerard Soeteman, Paul Verhoeven
- Produced by
- Gijs Versluys
- Composer
- Basil Poledouris
- Cinematographer
- Jan de Bont
- Editor
- Ine Schenkkan
- Studios
- Impala, Riverside Pictures
- Origin countries
- Spain, Netherlands, United States
- Production countries
- Netherlands, Spain
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- R
- Also known as
- Flesh & Blood, Flesh and Blood, The Rose and the Sword
- TMDB
- 6.6/10 (439 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 82% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 56/100
- IMDb
- 6.7/10 (21,211 votes)
Released August 30, 1985·$6,500,000 budget·$100,000 revenue
Cast
Rutger Hauer
Martin
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Agnes
Tom Burlinson
Steven
Jack Thompson
Hawkwood
Susan Tyrrell
Celine
Ronald Lacey
Cardinal
Brion James
Karsthans
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John Dennis Johnston
Summer
Bruno Kirby
Orbec
Fernando Hilbeck
Arnolfini
Marina Saura
Polly
Kitty Courbois
Anna
Simón Andreu
Miel
Jake Wood
Little John
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Hans Veerman
Father George
Héctor Alterio
Niccolo
Blanca Marsillach
Clara
Nancy Cartwright
Kathleen
