The Crusaders (2001 film)

The Crusaders
I Crociati
Written by	Andrea Porporati
Directed by	Dominique Othenin-Girard
Starring	Alessandro Gassman Thure Riefenstein Franco Nero
Music by	Harald Kloser Thomas Wanker
Country of origin	Italy Germany
Original language	Italian
Production
Cinematography	Federico Masiero
Editor	Alessandro Lucidi
Original release
Release	2001 (2001)

The Crusaders (original title: Crociati) is a 2001 Italian adventure, drama television mini-series written by Andrea Porporati and directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard. The film was also dubbed in English and other languages.

Plot

In the 11th century three friends flee from an Italian city and make their way to the Holy Land to take part in the First Crusade (AD 1096-1099).

Cast

• Alessandro Gassman as Peter
• Thure Riefenstein as Andrew
• Johannes Brandrup as Richard
• Barbora Bobuľová as Rachel
• Uwe Ochsenknecht as Baron Corrado
• Flavio Insinna as Peter Bartholomew
• Armin Mueller-Stahl as Alessio
• Franco Nero as Ibn-Azul
• Miloš Timotijević as Johann
• Karin Proia as Maria
• Slobodan Ninkovic as Olaf Gunnarson

See also

• List of historical drama films

External links

• The Crusaders at IMDb