The Crusades (film)

The Crusades was directed by Cecil DeMille in 1935. The chief character of this film is Richard I of England who is trying to re-capture Jerusalem after its fall to the Saracens in 1187.

See 3rd Crusade for pertinent historical material.

The Hermit

• The host of our Lord shall fall upon Islam...like a mighty wave of the sea.
  • The Hermit speaking to Salah ad-Din about the 6th minute into the movie.

• Will ye fight over your petty kingdoms here? There is but one kingdom, the kingdom of God.

Richard the Lionheart

• Why should I fear and pray for what I don't understand?

Saladin, Sultan of Islam

• I offer peace to you, foes of Islam.
• Islam does not accept a Christian marriage.
• You shall see the foes of Islam swept like dust before the might of Allah.
• He [Richard I] is the tempest that has shaken Islam.

External links

• The Crusades quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Kingdom of Heaven covers the years before the 3rd Crusade but after the 2nd Crusade.