
Un polpettone di Cecil deMille del 1935. Poco ha a che fare con la storia ma diverse tipologie interessanti compaiono qua e la'. Continuity: Conrad and Prince John play a chess game in which Conrad makes four moves to John's one. Continuity: In the battle before Jerusalem, the scenery alternates between desert and forest. Anachronisms: Richard the Lionheart wears a wristwatch. Anachronisms: Richard's coat of arms is shown as three lions. He did not adopt this device until 1198, four years after returning from the crusades. Continuity: Katherine DeMille's name is spelled correctly in the opening credits, but her surname is spelled De Mille in the end credits. Factual errors: Incorrect heraldry for the Marquisate of Montferrat (Monferrato), Italy. It is a band of red above white/silver. No chevrons, no snakes. Factual errors: Conrad of Montferrat is depicted plotting at the French and English courts when he was already on the other side of the Mediterranean, gallantly defending the city of Tyre. His character, activities and the circumstances of his death are misrepresented and altered throughout. Factual errors: King William of Sicily sent ships to aid the Crusade, but did not go personally. He had died, in Sicily, before Richard (his brother-in-law) arrived in the East. Factual errors: There was no Russian prince on the Third Crusade: it was a Latin, not an Orthodox, venture. Anachronisms: Whether 'Duke Frederick of the Germans' is meant to be Frederick, Duke of Swabia <b>...</b>
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