Can anyone tell me the title of this movie?!
Question: It is set in the Medievel Era. The plot begins with a group of soldiers assulting a castle for their lord. I remember in the very beginning the lord offers a gold coin to roll a barrell of gunpowder to the wall and explodes. The group of soldiers are betrayed by their lord who turns cannons on them. The group finds a forgotten saint's statue in the mud. They take to traveling and are able to capture a young noble woman who they rape. They besiege a castle on their own. For the rest of the film they party until. The young noblewoman's beloved comes to rescue her. He throws meat infested with the plague down the well. The soldiers become infected. I know one thing for sure is the main character's name was Martin. I'm pretty sure at this time the actor was starting out and becomes well known the same goes for the young noble woman.
Tried searching all over for this with no luck.
MUCH appreciation and 10 points to anyone who can tell me the title of this film!
Answers: It is set in the Medievel Era. The plot begins with a group of soldiers assulting a castle for their lord. I remember in the very beginning the lord offers a gold coin to roll a barrell of gunpowder to the wall and explodes. The group of soldiers are betrayed by their lord who turns cannons on them. The group finds a forgotten saint's statue in the mud. They take to traveling and are able to capture a young noble woman who they rape. They besiege a castle on their own. For the rest of the film they party until. The young noblewoman's beloved comes to rescue her. He throws meat infested with the plague down the well. The soldiers become infected. I know one thing for sure is the main character's name was Martin. I'm pretty sure at this time the actor was starting out and becomes well known the same goes for the young noble woman.
Tried searching all over for this with no luck.
MUCH appreciation and 10 points to anyone who can tell me the title of this film!
Flesh & Blood (1985)
Rutger Hauer plays Martin...and Jennifer Jason Leigh plays Agnes.
In 1501, in the Western Europe, in a period when the black plague is jeopardizing the populations, an army of mercenary peasants leaded by Martin fights side-by-side with the noble Arnolfini to retrieve his castle, with the promise of a huge reward. However, the band is betrayed by Arnolfini, and decides to pay him back, assaulting and stealing a caravan under the command of Arnolfini and his son and student, Steven. In one of the wagon is traveling the fiancée of Steven, Agnes, who is accidentally kidnapped and later raped by the group. Agnes becomes Martin's mate, and the mercenaries decide to invade a castle, without knowing that the army of Arnolfini is chasing them.
The movie is Flesh and Blood and Rutger Hauer played Martin
...two films, which I sometimes get confused with each other, and one of which bears resemblance to what you describe, is director Paul Verhoven's "Flesh + Blood" (1985), and "Hearts and Armour" (1983)
Actually, it's "Flesh+Blood" (1985), although most do write it as "Flesh & Blood".
IMDB synopsis:
In 1501, in the Western Europe, in a period when the black plague is jeopardizing the populations, an army of mercenary peasants leaded by Martin fights side-by-side with the noble Arnolfini to retrieve his castle, with the promise of a huge reward. However, the band is betrayed by Arnolfini, and decides to pay him back, assaulting and stealing a caravan under the command of Arnolfini and his son and student, Steven. In one of the wagon is traveling the fiancée of Steven, Agnes, who is accidentally kidnapped and later raped by the group. Agnes becomes Martin's mate, and the mercenaries decide to invade a castle, without knowing that the army of Arnolfini is chasing them.
The cast includes Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson, Jack Thompson, Susan Tyrrell, Brion James, Ronald Lacey, Bruno Kirby, John Dennis Johnston and Nancy Cartwright (best known as the voice of Bart Simpson on "The Simpsons").
TRIVIA:
Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh also co-starred in "The Hitcher" (original version).
Hauer and Brion James also co-starred in "Blade Runner" as Replicants hunted by Harrison Ford.
The character named Hawkwood (Jack Thompson) was probably named after Sir John Hawkwood (1320-94), who is an actual historical figure. Hawkwood commanded a band of condottiere, The White Company, in Italy in the 14th century.
The film was Flesh+blood, Rutger Hauer played as Martin.