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Flesh + Blood

Feature film, 1985, 125 min.

When Paul Verhoeven and scriptwriter Gerard Soeteman were working on the chivalric series Floris in 1969, the idea arose to make a feature film about a medieval mercenary. Sixteen years later, the plan was brought to fruition in this American-Dutch-Spanish co-production, Verhoeven' s first English spoken film.
Shot in Spain, the pageant film introduces Rutger Hauer as a medieval mercenary leading a gang of riffraff that takes revenge on a nobleman and his son, murdering, raping and pillaging to their hearts' content along the way. A raw depiction of the Middle Ages, with lots of violent and sexually explicit scenes.
Flesh + Blood was awarded a Golden Calf in 1985 for Best Feature Film and Best Director.

won prizes

  • NL - Netherlands Film Festival Golden Calf (2)

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