The War Lord
The War Lord is a 1965 American historical drama film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Charlton Heston. The film, which concerns medieval warfare and culture in 11th-century Normandy, is an adaptation of the play The Lovers by Leslie Stevens. The film also features Richard Boone, Rosemary Forsyth, Guy Stockwell, Maurice Evans, Niall MacGinnis, Henry Wilcoxon and James Farentino, with Jon Alderson, Allen Jaffe, Sammy Ross, and Woodrow Parfrey.
Plot
Chrysagon de la Cruex is a Norman knight whose Duke gives him a Flemish village to rule and protect, commanding him to keep their goodwill. He and his men arrive in time to beat off Frisian raiders who leave behind a boy, the son of their leader, who conceals his identity. Chrysagon encounters Bronwyn, his future love, as she is being harassed by his own men. Gradually he finds himself falling for the girl he has rescued. Odins, the village chief, later asks Chrysagon's permission for Bronwyn to marry Odins' son Marc, to whom Bronwyn has been betrothed since childhood. Chrysagon approves, but soon regrets the decision. He wants Bronwyn for himself.
More details
| author | Leslie Stevens Millard Kaufman |
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| contentLocation | Netherlands |
| director | Franklin J. Schaffner |
| editor | Folmar Blangsted |
| genre | drama fantasy historical |
| keywords | battering ram bray catapult church condemn demesne droit du seigneur druid fall fief flanders flemish free will frisian grapple grappling hook hack hurdle keep knight married moat norman pagan rescue ring of fire run sickle siege tower tree branch village chief wedding night wound |
| musicBy | Jerome Moross |
| producer | Walter Seltzer |
| productionCompany | Court Productions |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | Malibu |
| theme | epic science fantasy |