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Release Date: 1985 Cast: Fernando Hilbeck, Brion James, Mario De Barros, Jorge Bosso, Kitty Courbois, Bruno Kirby, Ronald Lacey, John Dennis Johnston, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Susan Tyrrell, Tom Burlinson, Hans Veerman ...MORE
Cast: Fernando Hilbeck, Brion James, Mario De Barros, Jorge Bosso, Kitty Courbois, Bruno Kirby, Ronald Lacey, John Dennis Johnston, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Susan Tyrrell, Tom Burlinson, Hans Veerman, Héctor Alterio, Blanca Marsillach, Jack Thompson, Nancy Cartwright, Susan Beresford, Bettina Brenner, Rutger Hauer, Marina Saura, Jaime Segura, Siobhan Hayes, Ida Bons, Simón Andreu, Jake Wood, Monica Lucchetti ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Action/Adventure, Swashbuckler films, Adventure, Erotica Flesh+Blood is a 1985 film directed by Paul Verhoeven. It is set in the year 1501 in Italy, and follows a group of mercenaries as they loot, rape and kill.
The script is partly based on unused material for the Dutch TV series Floris, which was the début for Paul Verhoeven, Gerard Soeteman and Rutger Hauer. The movie was also known as The Rose and the Sword on early VHS releases.
In 1501, a city in Italy has been taken by a coup d'état while its rightful ruler, Arnolfini (Fernando Hilbeck), is away. Arnolfini promises mercenaries 24 hours of looting if they succeed in retaking the city,... MORE
Flesh+Blood is a 1985 film directed by Paul Verhoeven. It is set in the year 1501 in Italy, and follows a group of mercenaries as they loot, rape and kill.
The script is partly based on unused material for the Dutch TV series Floris, which was the début for Paul Verhoeven, Gerard Soeteman and Rutger Hauer. The movie was also known as The Rose and the Sword on early VHS releases.
In 1501, a city in Italy has been taken by a coup d'état while its rightful ruler, Arnolfini (Fernando Hilbeck), is away. Arnolfini promises mercenaries 24 hours of looting if they succeed in retaking the city, and they do so.
But in the middle of their revelry, Arnolfini wants them gone. Hawkwood (Jack Thompson), the commander of his troops, is caring for a young nun he mistakenly attacked during the siege. Arnolfini promises to get her medical attention and Hawkwood leads Arnolfini's cavalry, betraying his former lieutenant, Martin (Rutger Hauer). The cavalry ejects the mercenaries from the city without their loot.
Soon after, Martin's son is stillborn. Burying the infant unearths a wooden statue of Saint Martin of Tours - a saint with a sword. The mercenaries' cardinal takes this as a sign from God to LESS
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