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The High Crusade
The High Crusade

The High Crusade (1994)

50% User Rating
1h 40min
Adventure
Fantasy
Comedy
Science Fiction

"...because a heathen is a heathen."

A Monty Pythonesque tale of a band of Crusaders who find themselves in possession of an alien ship and the alien to pilot it. Armed with the means to conquer the Holy Land, the naive Crusaders set off on a grand crusade, only to find themselves not in Jerusalem, but at the mercy of an entire alien world.

Klaus KnoeselDirector

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John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies

Bruder Parvus

Rick Overton

Rick Overton

Sir Roger

Michael Des Barres

Michael Des Barres

Monsieur du Lac

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Catherine Punch

Lady Catherine

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Patrick Brymer

Red John

Debbie Lee Carrington

Debbie Lee Carrington

Branithar

Rinaldo Talamonti

Rinaldo Talamonti

Alien Chief

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Frank Kanakusen

Alien Assistant

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Tahareh Becker

Alien Assistant

Ray Cokes

Ray Cokes

Messenger

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Holger Neuhäuser

Hubert

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Werner Baum

Lars

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Tim Luna

Squire

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Fabian Rösler

Squire

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Bobby Knoesel

Squire

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Patrick E. Abe
Rating 20%

September 19, 2016

I read Poul Anderson's book way back in high school in the 1960's. (The pre-computer, pre-Internet, pre-everything Age!.;) The idea that a technologically advanced Alien civilization could be tamed, much less conquered by a "swords-knights-archers" group was intriguing. The War in Vietnam was about to go from "advisors and observers" to "boots on the ground," which resonated with me at the time. I saw this film on DVD and bought it, wondering how this tale played out. The setup was fine, then the spaceship landed at a gate...and went no farther. Did the producers runs out of money or ideas? (Or both?) Comedy may be hard, but this back-and-forth "five finger exercise" got OLD immediately. So the Knights in Shining Armor didn't conquer the technically advanced Alien civilization, but returned to Earth, no wiser and still as parochial as "the nation of shopkeepers" stereotype. This "Ed Wood-level" movie screams for a swashbuckling remake, but "Star Wars" has "been there, done that." Final rating: 2/5, as schticky Anime source material.

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