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- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsLionel StanderFerdy MaynePauline ChallonerIn 1212, children from all over Europe lead a crusade to free Jerusalem from Turkish authorities. Nicholas and Stephen use all their might to defeat the enemy.
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsAldo FabriziGianfranco BelliniPeparuoloA series of vignettes depicting the lives of the original Franciscan monks, including their leader and the bumbling Ginepro.
- DirectorSergei EisensteinDmitriy VasilevStarsNikolay CherkasovNikolai OkhlopkovAndrei AbrikosovThe story of how a great Russian prince led a ragtag army to battle an invading force of Teutonic Knights.
- DirectorFrantisek VlácilStarsJosef KemrMagda VásáryováNada HejnaA grim portrayal of the shift from Paganism to Christianity in medieval central Europe - as a young virgin promised to God is kidnapped and raped by a marauder who her religious father seeks to kill in return.
- DirectorJonathan EnglishStarsPaul GiamattiJason FlemyngBrian CoxIn thirteenth-century England, a Knights Templar and a few of the Barons men fight to defend Rochester Castle against the tyrannical King John.
- DirectorNils GaupStarsJakob OftebroKristofer HivjuTorkel Dommersnes SoldalIn the year 1206 Norway is raged by civil war. The King's illegitimate infant son, Håkon Håkonsson, which half the kingdom wants killed off, is guarded in secrecy by two men. A story which changed the course of the country's history.
- DirectorAndré De TothLeopoldo SavonaRiccardo FredaStarsJack PalanceAnita EkbergAntonella LualdiDuring the Mongol invasion of Poland, a conflict between Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan and his oldest son Ogotai ensues when the former aims for peace and the latter itches for war and conquest.
- DirectorOtto BathurstStarsTaron EgertonJamie FoxxBen MendelsohnA war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown.
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsGraham FaulknerJudi BowkerLeigh LawsonDramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsBradford DillmanDolores HartStuart WhitmanIn 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope.
- DirectorAntonello BellucoStarsJordi MollàPaolo De VitaMatt PatresiThe life of Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) from his arrival on Sicily's shores via shipwreck in 1221 to his death. He's a Portuguese monk who, once in Italy, seeks out St. Francis. Anthony's gift as a great preacher is discovered by happenstance. He spends much of his life in and near Padua, a city run by usurers. Anthony offers protection and friendship to Folco, at one time a petty criminal and acolyte to the usurers, later falsely accused of murder. Anthony's teaching and his spiritual strength lead to changes in the character of Padua and an end to usury. He became its patron Saint soon after his death, and 32 years later, his casket is opened and his tongue remains intact.
- DirectorLiliana CavaniStarsMickey RourkeHelena Bonham CarterAndréa FerréolDocudrama about the life of St-Francis of Assisi.
- DirectorLiliana CavaniStarsMateusz KosciukiewiczSara SerraioccoVinicio MarchioniDepicts various periods in the life of Saint Francesco (Mateusz Kosciukiewicz): youth and the first conversion in 1206, the process that inflicts his father, the birth of the historical nucleus of Fraternitas and the departure for the Holy Land up to the writing of rules and death, addressing the problem of the legacy of his message in the different interpretation that Chiara (Sara Serraiocco) and Elia (Vinicio Marchioni) will give it.
- DirectorJosé Antonio EscriváStarsTim RothThomas KretschmannJuan Diego BottoThe life and battles of James I, King of Aragon (a.k.a. King Conqueror), the most renowned of the Spanish medieval kings of Aragon (1213-1276), who added the Kingdom of Valencia, the Kingdom of Majorca and the County of Barcelona to his realm and thus initiated the Aragonese expansion in the Mediterranean that was to reach its zenith in the last decades of the 14th century.
- DirectorGeoffrey SaxStarsAlan DobieBernard HeptonChristopher LeeIn 1263, King James I of Aragon organizes a debate between representatives of Judaism and Christianity regarding whether or not Jesus was the Messiah.
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- DirectorHoracio Ojeda Lacognata
- DirectorAigars GraubaStarsEdvin EndreJames BloorDainis GrubeOn his deathbed, the reigning king bestows power to an unexpected heir who must find strength within himself to unite his people against the violent crusades which threaten their freedom.
- DirectorKamal AmrohiStarsHema MaliniDharmendraParveen BabiAn account of the reign of Indian empress Razia Sultan and her love for her slave Jamaluddin Yakut.
- StarsJames GhadgeAbdur Rehman ShaikhPankhuri AwasthiThis sweeping historical drama charts the rise of a remarkable real-life figure, the first woman to ever rule the Delhi Sultanate.
- DirectorGiorgio PastinaStarsMarina BertiClara CalamaiRoldano LupiA story from the historic uprising of 1282 known as the War of the Sicilian Vespers (since it began during the evening prayer service of vespers on Easter Monday of that year). Sicily is in a state of unrest under the French rule of Charles of Anjou. Elena di Paterno is betrothed to Salerno gentleman Giovanni da Procida, but she is being forced by the wishes of King Charles to marry the Governor of Palermo. Giovanni returns from exile and from behind the scenes plans a revolt. Pursued by the Governor's men-at-arms under the command of Captain Droet, Giovanni takes refuge in the home of Tommaso, a miller. Captain Droet, meanwhile, meets Laura, the miller's beautiful daughter, with whom he falls in love. But Laura intends to marry a local fisherman, so with the help of both the Abbott of the Church of the Holy Ghost and the Governor's wife, she seeks to hasten the wedding. To thwart her plans Droet lays a trap for the miller who is arrested as a rebel. Tommaso is then fatally wounded in a battle between the French and the rebels. During the marriage celebrations for Laura and the fisherman, Droet attempts to seize the bride by force, but the groom rushes in to stop him. This is the spark that ignites the fire of revolt and all the people rise up. Giovanni comes down from the mountain with his men. The Governor tries to flee, but Elena calls on the people to smite him, though she herself is struck down with her detested husband. Laura is re-united with her beloved, and Sicily is liberated. By the end of the uprising some eight thousand Frenchmen have been put to death.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsAnn BlythDavid FarrarGeorge MacreadyThe princess of Samarkand and an English knight confront the armies of Genghis Khan.
- DirectorLauris AbeleRaitis AbeleStarsKaspars AninsKristaps BedritisLauma BalodeThese are religious rituals, magical and true, the Battle of Saule, the Crusaders battles, our ancestors fiery battles for the free land. Who were the last pagans of Europe and who did they believe?
- DirectorHerbert BrenonStarsFrancesca BertiniDepicts the meeting of Dante Alighieri and Beatrice Portinari in Florence that will mark the poet for life. In fact Dante will love her forever, even after her premature death and when he meets her in paradise.
- DirectorEnrico BombaAndrew MartonStarsLobna Abdel AzizAhmad MazharFarid ShawqiSet in the 13th century, under their leader Timur, the Tartar hordes invade the Middle East and take over areas as widespread as Persia, Egypt, and Syria. A lowly woman from a harem rises to lead the Egyptians against the invaders.
- DirectorOttavio SpadaroStarsRiccardo CucciollaFerruccio De CeresaAdolfo GeriPapa Celestino V
- DirectorMario BonnardStarsMaria FrauIsa PolaGaleazzo BentiA Tuscan peasant girl in the 13th century overcomes sexual harassment, and the skepticism of her fellow citizens, as she saves plague victims, works miracles, and eventually becomes a saint.