The High Crusade

“...because a heathen is a heathen.”

4.9(18)19941h 40m

AdventureFantasyComedyScience Fiction

A Monty Pythonesque tale of a band of Crusaders who find themselves in possession of an alien ship and the alien to pilot it. Armed with the means to conquer the Holy Land, the naive Crusaders set off on a grand crusade, only to find themselves not in Jerusalem, but at the mercy of an entire alien world.

Director

Klaus Knoesel

Cast

John Rhys-Davies

Bruder Parvus

Rick Overton

Sir Roger

Michael Des Barres

Monsieur du Lac

Catherine Punch

Lady Catherine

Patrick Brymer

Red John

Debbie Lee Carrington

Branithar

Rinaldo Talamonti

Alien Chief

Frank Kanakusen

Alien Assistant

Tahareh Becker

Alien Assistant

Ray Cokes

Messenger

Holger Neuhäuser

Hubert

Werner Baum

Lars

Reviews

1 review

Otokichi786

9y ago

2.0

I read Poul Anderson's book way back in high school in the 1960's. (The pre-computer, pre-Internet, pre-everything Age!.;) The idea that a technologically advanced Alien civilization could be tamed, much less conquered by a "swords-knights-archers" group was intriguing. The War in Vietnam was about to go from "advisors and observers" to "boots on the ground," which resonated with me at the time. ...