Flesh+Blood
Flesh and Blood is a 1985 erotic historical adventure film directed by Paul Verhoeven, and starring Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson, Susan Tyrrell, Ronald Lacey, Bruno Kirby and Jack Thompson. The script was written by Verhoeven and Gerard Soeteman. The story is set in 1501 in early modern Italy, and follows two warring groups of mercenaries and their longstanding quarrel.
Plot
In 1501, a city in Italy was taken by a coup d'état while its rightful ruler, Arnolfini, was away. Arnolfini promises some mercenaries 24 hours of looting if they succeed in retaking the city, and they do so, raping and killing those who stand in their way. In their revelry, Arnolfini decides that he wants the mercenaries gone.
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| author | Gerard Soeteman Paul Verhoeven |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Italy |
| director | Paul Verhoeven |
| editor | Ine Schenkkan |
| genre | adventure drama historical |
| keywords | attack black death chain coup d'etat even fight first time former nun infect injured kill lightning loot mandrake married martin of tours nothing plague renaissance italy saint martin saint martin of tours siege tower their way |
| musicBy | Basil Poledouris |
| producer | Gijs Versluys |
| productionCompany | Impala Studios Riverside Pictures |
| publisher | Cannon Tuschinski Film Distribution Orion Pictures |
| recordedAt | Spain |