In medieval Europe, a young girl from a noble family is obsessed with her captors - commoners.In medieval Europe, a young girl from a noble family is obsessed with her captors - commoners.In medieval Europe, a young girl from a noble family is obsessed with her captors - commoners.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
Fernando Hilbeck
- Arnolfini
- (as Fernando Hillbeck)
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- TriviaThe movie was director Paul Verhoeven's reaction to the many movies that, in his view, overly romanticized the Middle Ages. He wanted to show it as a period where brutality, disease, poverty, and hardship were common, and a natural death was a rare thing.
- GoofsAfter drinking from the contaminated well, several characters immediately fall ill from plague. Plague by any vector has an incubation period of at least one day.
- Alternate versionsUK cinema and video versions were cut by 38 secs by the BBFC with edits to the rape of Agnes. The cuts were waived for the 2005 MGM DVD.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Slotavond van de Nederlandse Filmdagen (1985)
- SoundtracksThroughout the Years
Composed by Charles Williams
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Great fun
After the success of Conan the Barbarian, the 80's saw a glut of Midevil adventure movies, but none of them stand on the same ground as Flesh and Blood. No movie, at the time, was more unabashedly filled with gore and nakedness. It doesnt try to be glossy or romantic in any way but isnt heavyhanded or serious either.
As he was so often in nearly every role he played, Rutger Hauer is perfect and at ease, alive, and eating up every frame of film he is in. A sad reminder of the days when he had so much promise, before he went downhill into Direct-To-Video Land.
Jennifer Jason Leigh is caught in one of her rare stilted preformances. Instead of going above the b-movie tone, she sort of wallows in it, but everyone else in the movie is also over the top and caricatured, so the film does not suffer and is invigorated instead of being obtuse.
The perfect blend of violence and sex, good and bad acting, b-movie tone with a studio budget. One enjoyable movie.
As he was so often in nearly every role he played, Rutger Hauer is perfect and at ease, alive, and eating up every frame of film he is in. A sad reminder of the days when he had so much promise, before he went downhill into Direct-To-Video Land.
Jennifer Jason Leigh is caught in one of her rare stilted preformances. Instead of going above the b-movie tone, she sort of wallows in it, but everyone else in the movie is also over the top and caricatured, so the film does not suffer and is invigorated instead of being obtuse.
The perfect blend of violence and sex, good and bad acting, b-movie tone with a studio budget. One enjoyable movie.
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- Flesh & Blood
- Filming locations
- Belmonte, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain(The Castle was also used in "El Cid")
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- $6,500,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 6 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1
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