Flesh + Blood
“Betrayed by power. Corrupted by love. Bound by honor.”
A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble Lord who cheated them by kidnapping his son's fiancée. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.
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Cast
28 people
Rutger Hauer
Martin
Known for
Blade Runner
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Jennifer Jason Leigh
Agnes
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The Hateful Eight
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Tom Burlinson
Steven
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The Man from Snowy River
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Jack Thompson
Hawkwood
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
The Great Gatsby
Susan Tyrrell
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Cry-Baby
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Rachel Griffiths
script supervisor
Known for
Six Feet Under
Hacksaw Ridge
Ronald Lacey
Cardinal
Known for
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Red Sonja
Brion James
Karsthans
Known for
Blade Runner
The Fifth Element
John Dennis Johnston
Summer
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Firestarter: Rekindled
Pink Cadillac
Bruno Kirby
Orbec
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The Basketball Diaries
Donnie Brasco
Fernando Hilbeck
Arnolfini
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The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
Marina Saura
Polly
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Paul Verhoeven Director · Gerard Soeteman Screenplay Basil Poledouris Composer
Worldwide gross $100K · Budget $6.5M · United States release August 30, 1985
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Budget
$6,500,000
Worldwide gross
$100,000
Production
Impala
Production
Riverside Pictures
Production
Orion Pictures
Studio
Netherlands · Spain · United States
Produced in
God's Own Butchers · The Mercenaries
Working titles
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Latin
Release dates
United States · August 30, 1985
Theatrical
United States · February 3, 2004
Physical · DVD Release
United States
September 16, 2014 · Physical · Blu-Ray Release
France
October 15, 1985 · Theatrical
Germany
November 9, 1985 · Theatrical
Italy
October 9, 1985 · Theatrical
Netherlands
September 12, 1985 · Theatrical
December 30, 2001 · TV · V8
September 23, 2004 · Physical · DVD
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