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The High Crusade

1994 · 100 min

A silly, energetic romp where medieval knights bumble through space, playing broad comedy against cheap alien spectacle.

Directed by
Klaus Knoesel, Holger Neuhäuser
Genres
Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy
Starring
John Rhys-Davies, Rick Overton, Michael Des Barres
Tagline
...because a heathen is a heathen.
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Klaus Knoesel, Holger Neuhäuser
Genres
Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy
Starring
John Rhys-Davies, Rick Overton, Michael Des Barres
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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • war
  • identity
  • power
  • survival
Places
  • space
  • fantasy world
Era
timeless
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour8
Realism2
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
adventure, fantasy, comedy, science fiction
Directed by
Klaus Knoesel, Holger Neuhäuser
Written by
Jürgen Egger, Robert G. Brown
Starring
John Rhys-Davies, Rick Overton, Michael Des Barres, Catherine Punch, Patrick Brymer, Debbie Lee Carrington, Rinaldo Talamonti, Frank Kanakusen
Cinematography
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Runtime
100 min
Country
Germany
Languages
English, French

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