Top 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsMost Popular Video GamesMost Popular Music VideosMost Popular Podcasts
    Release CalendarBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV NewsIndia TV Spotlight
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBest Picture WinnersBest Picture WinnersEmmysSTARmeter AwardsSan Diego Comic-ConNew York Comic-ConSundance Film FestivalToronto Int'l Film FestivalAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
Sign In
New Customer? Create account
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Cast & crew
  • User reviews
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

The Crusades

  • 19351935
  • PassedPassed
  • 2h 5m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.2K
YOUR RATING
Henry Wilcoxon and Loretta Young in The Crusades (1935)
AdventureDramaHistory
King Richard and the Third Crusade (1190-1192) are given the DeMille treatment with more spectacle than history.King Richard and the Third Crusade (1190-1192) are given the DeMille treatment with more spectacle than history.King Richard and the Third Crusade (1190-1192) are given the DeMille treatment with more spectacle than history.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.2K
YOUR RATING
    • Cecil B. DeMille
  • Writers
    • Harold Lamb(screen play)
    • Waldemar Young(screen play)
    • Dudley Nichols(screen play)
  • Stars
    • Loretta Young
    • Henry Wilcoxon
    • Ian Keith
    • Cecil B. DeMille
  • Writers
    • Harold Lamb(screen play)
    • Waldemar Young(screen play)
    • Dudley Nichols(screen play)
  • Stars
    • Loretta Young
    • Henry Wilcoxon
    • Ian Keith
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 20User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

    Photos39

    Ian Keith, Henry Wilcoxon, and Loretta Young in The Crusades (1935)
    Henry Wilcoxon and Loretta Young in The Crusades (1935)
    Lumsden Hare and Loretta Young in The Crusades (1935)
    "Crusades, The" Loretta Young (Viera Coll.)
    "Crusades, The" Loretta Young (Viera Coll.)
    Katherine DeMille, Ian Keith, Joseph Schildkraut, Henry Wilcoxon, and Loretta Young in The Crusades (1935)
    Henry Wilcoxon in The Crusades (1935)
    Henry Wilcoxon and Loretta Young in The Crusades (1935)
    Henry Wilcoxon in The Crusades (1935)
    Henry Wilcoxon and Loretta Young in The Crusades (1935)
    The Crusades (1935)
    Henry Wilcoxon in The Crusades (1935)

    Top cast

    Edit
    Loretta Young
    Loretta Young
    • Berengaria - Princess of Navarre
    Henry Wilcoxon
    Henry Wilcoxon
    • Richard - King of England
    Ian Keith
    Ian Keith
    • Saladin - Sultan of Islam
    C. Aubrey Smith
    C. Aubrey Smith
    • The Hermit
    Katherine DeMille
    Katherine DeMille
    • Alice - Princess of France
    • (as Katherine De Mille)
    Joseph Schildkraut
    Joseph Schildkraut
    • Conrad - Marquis of Montferrat
    Alan Hale
    Alan Hale
    • Blondel
    C. Henry Gordon
    C. Henry Gordon
    • Philip the Second - King of France
    George Barbier
    George Barbier
    • Sancho - King of Navarre
    Montagu Love
    Montagu Love
    • The Blacksmith
    Ramsay Hill
    • John - Prince of England
    Lumsden Hare
    Lumsden Hare
    • Robert - Earl of Leicester
    Maurice Murphy
    Maurice Murphy
    • Alan - Richard's Squire
    William Farnum
    William Farnum
    • Hugo - Duke of Burgundy
    Hobart Bosworth
    Hobart Bosworth
    • Frederick - Duke of the Germans
    Pedro de Cordoba
    Pedro de Cordoba
    • Karakush
    Mischa Auer
    Mischa Auer
    • Monk
    Albert Conti
    Albert Conti
    • Leopold - Duke of Austria
      • Cecil B. DeMille
    • Writers
      • Harold Lamb(screen play)
      • Waldemar Young(screen play)
      • Dudley Nichols(screen play)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    More like this

    The Sign of the Cross
    6.8
    The Sign of the Cross
    Four Frightened People
    6.2
    Four Frightened People
    Union Pacific
    7.1
    Union Pacific
    The Buccaneer
    6.6
    The Buccaneer
    Cleopatra
    6.8
    Cleopatra
    Peter Ibbetson
    6.9
    Peter Ibbetson
    The Plainsman
    6.8
    The Plainsman
    Edge of Darkness
    7.2
    Edge of Darkness
    Roberta
    7.0
    Roberta
    North West Mounted Police
    6.4
    North West Mounted Police
    Mutiny on the Bounty
    7.6
    Mutiny on the Bounty
    Of Human Bondage
    7.0
    Of Human Bondage

    Storyline

    Edit

    Did you know

    Edit
    • Trivia
      Stuntman Jack Montgomery, who played a Christian cavalryman in the film, recalled in an interview the tension that existed between director Cecil B. DeMille and the dozens of stuntmen hired to do the battle scenes. The stuntmen resented what they saw as DeMille's cavalier attitude about safety, especially as several stuntmen had been injured, and several horses had been killed, because of what the stuntmen perceived as DeMille's indifference. At one point DeMille was standing on the parapets of the castle, yelling through his megaphone at the "combatants" gathered below. One of them, who had been hired for his expertise at archery, finally tired of DeMille's screaming at them, notched an arrow into his bow and fired it at DeMille's megaphone, the arrow embedding itself into the megaphone just inches from DeMille's head. DeMille quickly left the set and didn't come back for the rest of the day. For the rest of the picture, he never yelled at the stuntmen again.
    • Goofs
      Richard the Lionheart wears a wristwatch.
    • Quotes

      Berengaria, Princess of Navarre: We've been blind. We were proud dearest when we took the cross in our pride, we fought to conquer Jerusalem. We tried to ride through blood to the Holy Place of God. And now... now we suffer.

      Saladin, Sultan of Islam: The Holy City of Allah.

      Berengaria, Princess of Navarre: What if we call him Allah or God? Shall men fight because they travel different roads to him? There is only one God.

    • Connections
      Featured in Hollywood Extra Girl (1935)
    • Soundtracks
      Richard Ruled in England
      (1935) (uncredited)

      Music traditional, "Son of a Gambolier"

      Lyrics by Harold Lamb

      Performed by Alan Hale and chorus

    User reviews20

    Review
    Review
    Featured review
    10/10
    Historical Spectacle - DeMille Style
    A playboy king & a beautiful princess. A holy hermit & a sacred mission. Intrigue & romance & sin & spectacle. In fact, another Cecil B. DeMille history lesson.

    This time, DeMille takes on THE CRUSADES, a highly complex military & political enterprise that actually played out over 200 years. He focuses on one episode: The Third Crusade & England's King Richard the Lionheart's thrust to claim Jerusalem & the Holy Land from the Seljuk Turks in 1188-1192. Interestingly enough, DeMille gets a lot of his historical facts correct, but he does spend quite a bit of time detailing Richard's lustful, wanton ways.

    Literature & film have tended to wildly romanticize Richard. In historical fact, he was a bad king interested primarily in his own glory. He spent only 6 months of his reign in Britain, he bankrupted the Treasury with his Crusading schemes and he abandoned his young wife. But such is the power of Romance that he is generally seen as the beau ideal of kingliness.

    Henry Wilcoxon is a good, sturdy, if unspectacular, Richard. Loretta Young is beautiful, as always, as the Princess he marries. Sir C. Aubrey Smith is magnificent as the Holy Hermit who is the spiritual leader of the Crusade. Others in the fine cast are Alan Hale, Joseph Schildkraut, Mischa Auer & John Carradine (pay close attention to find him).

    As a master of spectacle, DeMille really comes through towards the end of the film with the siege & capture of Acre (north of present day Haifa in Israel).All the stops are pulled out to show the full panoply & horror of mediaeval battle.
    helpful•14
    5
    • Ron Oliver
    • Jan 30, 2000

    Details

    Edit
    • Release date
      • October 25, 1935 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Latin
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Ranch - 2813 Cornell Road, Agoura, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Technical specs

    Edit
    • 2 hours 5 minutes
      • Black and White

    Related news

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    Henry Wilcoxon and Loretta Young in The Crusades (1935)
    Top Gap
    By what name was The Crusades (1935) officially released in India in English?
    Answer
    • See more gaps
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb App
    • Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • IMDb Developer
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Your Ads Privacy Choices
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2023 by IMDb.com, Inc.