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Beautiful, moving film.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Is this movie historically accurate? - my answer is I don't know Is this movie entertaining? - NOT in my view. 2 hours - find an alternative of something better to do, even given such a good cast as it has, I cannot to be fair, call this in any way shape or form as having any "entertainment value" whatsoever

This is one of the few movies that play in the times of the so- called The Thirty Years' War, that was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts on Central European soil (1618-1648), around 8 million people died through war, hunger and illnesses like the Black Death.I just remember Flesh and Blood (Rutger Hauer, director Paul Verhoeven in 1985) and recently Black Death (2010) with Sean Bean and Carice van Houten (ofc playing a sexy as hell witch) playing at these times of hardship.The movie got two really great actors - Omar Sharif and Michael Caine and involves everything that the dark medieval times in our imagination evoke: war, religious superstition, witchcraft, witchhunt, death, the Black Death.The story: a band of mercenaries occupies a from war untouched valley and peacefully coexist with German Catholic villagers, but the balance is very delicate and the Captain, leader of the mercenaries, must rule with an iron fist and his and the wits of a teacher to keep the peace, as the peaceful coexistence is endangered by the power struggle with a fanatic Catholic priest and the richest landowner in the valley, and the greed of his soldiers. The movie looks a little dated but the story and the good acting make this one a little, maybe forgotten gem. If you like the other mentioned movies this one is definitely a movie for you.

Watched this when I was in college. The brutality and hypocrisy of man just hit you like a ton of bricks. The cinematography was breathtaking, even though most of the images were drab, grimy, and dark. It was not a pleasant experience, but eye-opening; and it is for this reason that even though I bought a copy of the DVD about 10 years ago, I have not been able to bring myself to watch it again.As pointed out by others, John Barry's score was out of this world. At the time, I had only known him for the James Bond movies, then he gave us his masterpiece: "Out of Africa". He is right up there together with Maurice Jarre and Michel LeGrand. Coupled with the animated opening credits, it was the one jewel in the film that I don't mind watching again and again.A solid cast: Michael Caine and Omar Sheriff, and the beautiful Florinda Bolkan. Director James Clavell is very talented, recognized his name in the opening credits when I watched the movie - having just read his novels "Tai- Pan" and "King Rat". Not for the faint of heart.

Jonathan Swift wrote "We have just enough religion to make us hate one another, but not enough religion to make us love one another." Swift, an Anglican minister, was writing scarcely a century after the Thirty Years' War, one of the bloodiest in European history before Napoleon. The war started out as a feud between Catholics and Protestants in what is now the Czech Republic but spread like a wildfire to engulf most of Europe. Germany was hardest hit. Although it began as a religious struggle it essentially became a free-for-all with all the great European powers jockeying for position--Spain, Austria, France, Sweden, Denmark, Prussia--while marauding bands of mercenaries made life hell for an already impoverished peasantry. This film brings to life a conflict most Americans have never heard of. It's surprisingly graphic for its PG rating; it bears comparison to another saga of warfare in Early Modern Europe, Paul Verhoeven's "Flesh and Blood." Written and directed by James Clavell ("Shogun," "King Rat," "The Great Escape") it shows just how horrible both Protestants and Catholics were during this period; ironically, one of the few sympathetic characters is a practicing Satanist (Florinda Bolkan). Once you get past Michael Caine's German accent and Omar Sharif's blond hair-dye, the whole cast is superb. Caine plays a mercenary chief persuaded to spare a tranquil Alpine village from plunder by Sharif, who plays his usual wounded idealist, the voice of sanity in a world gone mad. Particularly noteworthy among the international cast is Hollywood veteran Arthur O'Connell in a surprisingly convincing portrayal of a superstitious, mean-spirited farmer. The movie grippingly demonstrates the horrors of ethnic cleansing and religious conflict, with both sides committing unspeakable acts. The battle scenes are rousing, and there's a love story between Caine and the local witch (Bolkan). This is a movie that makes you think, but also leaves you with a queer feeling in the pit of your stomach. A must for action fans and history buffs.