Crusades (1995)
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 8.1 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
This documentary series tells the story of the Crusades. Host Terry Jones guides viewers through the history, and actors in stylized costumes bring medieval figures to life like moving artworks. It includes some anachronistic humor and black comedy.
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What happens
Crusades is a 1995 historical documentary series presented by Terry Jones. It looked at The Crusades and occasionally used elements of black comedy. Prominent historical figures are depicted by actors wearing masks and costumes, which give the appearance of living artistic images in the style of their original cultures. Emperor Alexios I, for example, appears as a Byzantine mosaic, and European and Muslim figures are brought to life by actors appearing in the style of medieval European and Near Eastern miniatures. At times, production is deliberately anachronistic such as the use of 1930s-style newsreels being shown by the Church to drum up mass support for the Crusades. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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