Orlando Bloom
Balian of Ibelin
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May 6, 2005 · Kingdom of Heaven: Directed by Ridley Scott. With Martin Hancock, Michael Sheen, Nathalie Cox, Eriq Ebouaney. Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the Crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.
- (303K)
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Ridley Scott
- 2005-05-06
The film is a heavily fictionalised portrayal of the events leading to the Third Crusade, focusing mainly on Balian of Ibelin who fights to defend the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem from the Ayyubid Sultan Saladin.
- $218.1 million
- Ridley Scott
- $130 million
- Harry Gregson-Williams
Summaries. Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the Crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people. It is the time of the Crusades during the Middle Ages -- the world-shaping 200-year collision between Europe and the East.
May 6, 2005 · Still in grief over his wife's sudden death, village blacksmith Balian (Orlando Bloom) joins his long-estranged father, Baron Godfrey (Liam Neeson), as a crusader on the road to Jerusalem.
- (17.2K)
- Ridley Scott
- R
- Orlando Bloom
Jerusalem: Edward Norton ... King Baldwin: Lotfi Yahya Jedidi ... Old Ibelin Housekeeper (as Lofti Yahya Jedidi) Samira Draa ... Sibylla's Maid: Ulrich Thomsen ... Templar Master: Matthew Rutherford ... Rider: Michael Fitzgerald ... Humphrey: Ghassan Massoud ... Saladin
The Kingdom is ruled in its final years by Baldwin IV, the Leper King (Edward Norton in a startling mask), a moderate who wishes to maintain peace with Saladin (Ghassan Massoud). The peace is threatened, however, by “fanatics of every denomination [ sic ],” i.e., Christian and Muslim.
May 5, 2005 · Roger Ebert May 05, 2005. Tweet. Orlando Bloom, as Balian, turns from blacksmith to Crusader, not out of religious conviction, but to pursue opportunity in "Kingdom of Heaven." Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. The first thing to be said for Ridley Scott's "Kingdom of Heaven" is that Scott knows how to direct a historical epic.
