The Crusades

(1935)

Adventure / Drama

125 minutes

Directed by Cecil B. DeMille

Cast:

Loretta Young as Berengaria of Navarre
Henry Wilcoxon as King Richard I of England
Ian Keith as Saladin, Sultan of Islam
C. Aubrey Smith as The Hermit
Katherine DeMille as Princess Alice of France
Joseph Schildkraut as Conrad of Montferrat
Alan Hale Sr. as Blondel
Sven Hugo Borg as Sverre
Montagu Love as Hercules , the Blacksmith
Ramsay Hill as John, Prince of England
Lumsden Hare as Robert, Earl of Leicester
Maurice Murphy as Alan, Richard's Squire
William Farnum as Hugo, Duke of Burgundy
Hobart Bosworth as Frederick, Duke of the Germans

 
King Richard and the Third Crusade (1190-1192) 

King Richard Coeur de Lion is avoiding marrying Princess Alice of France, so he goes on the crusade and marries Berengaria in order to get food for his men. Saladin captures Berengaria and takes her to Jerusalem. Now Richards finds himself in danger of being killed.