Flesh & Blood (also known as The Rose and the Sword on some early VHS releases) (1985 film) directed by Paul Verhoeven. The film is set in 1501 in Europe, following a group of mercenaries as they loot, rape and kill.
The script is partly based on unused material for the Dutch TV series Floris, which was the début for Gerard Soeteman, Paul Verhoeven and Rutger Hauer.
The film begins in 1501, where an unnamed city in Renaissance Italy is under sieg...
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Flesh & Blood (also known as The Rose and the Sword on some early VHS releases) (1985 film) directed by Paul Verhoeven. The film is set in 1501 in Europe, following a group of mercenaries as they loot, rape and kill.
The script is partly based on unused material for the Dutch TV series Floris, which was the début for Gerard Soeteman, Paul Verhoeven and Rutger Hauer.
The film begins in 1501, where an unnamed city in Renaissance Italy is under siege. Many mercenaries were hired by the city's former ruler, Arnolfini (Fernando Hilbeck), to reinstate him. To motivate his mercenaries, Arnolfini grants them 24 hours to take any spoils they can find within its walls if they succeed in taking the city. The motivation works -- the men successfully take the city and slaughter the defenders.
Arnolfini turns to the mercenary captain, Hawkwood (Jack Thompson), to stop the men's rampant pillaging, fearing there will be nothing left for him to rule. Hawkwood is indifferent to Arnolfini's demands. He...
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