
Flesh + Blood
Amidst the devastation of a plague-ridden 16th-century Europe, a brutal reckoning unfolds as a band of mercenaries, betrayed by a callous nobleman, seize his son’s intended bride, igniting a desperate siege within a stone castle. This isn't a tale of chivalry, but a visceral exploration of survival and revenge driven by primal needs and unexpected desires, where the lines between captor and captive blur as a complex, unsettling affection develops. The film eschews romanticized medieval settings, presenting a grimy, morally ambiguous world where faith clashes with brutal practicality, and desperation breeds both cruelty and surprising tenderness. It’s a darkly humorous and shockingly candid examination of power dynamics, the futility of wealth in the face of mortality, and the animalistic impulses beneath societal veneer, ultimately finding a strange, unsettling beauty in the face of widespread decay.
Rolprentbesonderhede
- Regisseur
- Paul Verhoeven
- Vrystellingsdatum
- 1985-08-30
- Looptyd
- 126 min
- Gradering
- 6.6 / 10 (446)
Rolverdeling
- Rutger Hauer
- Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Tom Burlinson
- Jack Thompson













