I need you in Jerusalem
[Horse Whinnying]
- Salaam alaikum - Alaikum salaam
Why did we retire?
Why?
God did not favor him God, alone, determines the results of battles
The results of battles are determined by God
but also by preparation, numbers
the absence of disease and the availability of water
One cannot maintain a siege with the enemy behind
How many battles did God win for the Muslims before I came?
That is, before God determined that I should come
Few enough
That's because we were sinful
It is because you were unprepared
If you think that way, you shall not be king for long
When I am not king, I quake for Islam
Thank you for your visit
You promised
You promised to return Jerusalem
Don't forget
[Man Shouting Orders]
So, my friend
the time has come to conclude my affairs
We have decided that you shall take command of the army of Jerusalem
If I leave the army with Guy, he will take power through my sister
and make war on the Muslims
Whatever you ask I will serve
No, hear it all before you answer
Would you marry my sister, Sibylla, were she free of Guy de Lusignan?
And Guy?
He will be executed
along with his knights who do not swear your allegiance
I cannot be the cause of that
"Whatever you ask I will serve"
"A king may move a man," you said
"but the soul belongs to the man"
Yes, I did
You have my love
and my answer
Oh So be it
Why do you protect Guy, hmm?
He's a man who insults you, who hates you
who'd kill you himself if he had the chance
Fulfill the salvation of this kingdom
Would it be so hard
to marry Sibylla?
Jerusalem has no need of a perfect knight
No It is a kingdom of conscience
or nothing
Sibylla
Who are you to refuse a king?
I am what I am
I offer you that
and the world
You say no
Do you think I'm like Guy?
That I would sell my soul?
There'll be a day
when you will wish you had done a little evil
to do a greater good
My lord
[Grunting]
Mmm
Do you really think the king wants you head of the army once he's gone? Hmm?
Think your wife does?
- I have a problem - Ah, yes Balian
I saw him at Kerak
Celebrated
Kill him
[Gasps]
Oh Hello
I was dreaming
I was back in that summer
when I defeated Saladin
Do you remember it?
I was only 16
You were a beautiful boy
- Yes - You have always been beautiful
In every way
My beautiful sister
So beautiful
I'm sorry if I've caused you any pain
Remember me as I was
I will
Sibylla
If I have your knights
you have your wife
[Bell Tolling]
[Patriarch] Behold your rightful queen and heir
to the throne of the kingdom of Jerusalem
[Chanting] Yes! Yes! Yes!
I, Sibylla, by the grace of the Holy Spirit
choose as king Guy de Lusignan
the man who's been my husband
With the help of God, he will rule his people well
[Patriarch] Long live the king in prosperity
[With Crowd] Long live the king Long live the king
Long live the king
[Yells]
[Ferocious Yell]
Is this why you came to the Holy Land?
Come on!
[Shrieks]
Leave us
[Grunting]
- The king is in heaven? - Yes
- Have the Templars killed Balian? - Yes
Reynald
give me a war
That is what I do
[Men Screaming]
I am what I am
Someone has to be
[Screaming In Arabic]
Saladin's sister
I know
Saladin achki
I know
- Salaam alaikum - Alaikum salaam
Speak
The sultan demands the return of his sister's body
the heads of those responsible
and the surrender of Jerusalem
[All Scoffing]
Does he?
What answer do you return to Saladin?
- This - [Grunts]
[All Shouting]
- [Shouting In Arabic] - Take the head to Damascus
[Arabic Continues]
I am Jerusalem
- Assemble the army! Yea! - [All Cheering]
[Cheering Fades]
[Cheering]
Now this assembly of barons
and all Jerusalem is complete
There are those among you who may disagree with our succession
but it is war
[Soldiers] Aye!
And I am
the king
We march at once What say this council?
- [All] Aye! - No
If you must have war, this army cannot move away from water
You have a chance to hold the city
but if you move out against Saladin
this army will be destroyed and the city left defenseless
When I wish a blacksmith to advise me in war
I will tell him
Saladin wants you to come out
He is waiting for you to make that mistake
He knows his man
- We should meet the enemies of God - Aye!
And so we shall
Then you do so without my knights
Then I will have the glory, Tiberias You had yours years and years ago
It's time for mine
[Officer] Forward!
Forward!
Tiberias
When Saladin has finished with Guy, he will come
We must look to the defenses
The king's dead
and Jerusalem along with him
[Officer] Keep to your lines!
You go with the army?
My order is with the army
You go to certain death
All death is certain
I shall tell your father what I've seen you become
When Saladin comes
we're not defensible
Save the people from what I have done
I will
[Coughing]
[Sizzling]
[Speaks Arabic]
God wills it
Can you sense it?
There has been no messenger
I drink water for what it is
I did not give the cup to you
No, my lord
[Shouts]
[Gurgling]
A king does not kill a king
Were you not close enough to a great king
to learn by his example?
I've given Jerusalem my whole life
Everything
First I thought we were fighting for God
Then I realized we were fighting for wealth and land
I was ashamed
Tiberias
There is no more Jerusalem
I shall go to Cyprus Will you come with me?
No
You are your father's son
Saladin must move his army from water to water
That gives you four days, maybe five
God be with you
He's no longer with me
[Man Speaking Arabic]
- Mark 400 - Four hundred!
Four hundred!
They're here
It is only one man
No They're here
This is the only section of the wall that they can attack
once they begin to bombard the walls
They will stop only to avoid hitting their own siege towers as they come in
We take the bombardment
When they cease firing, we fire
We must leave the city
How exactly, my lord bishop?
The fastest horses from a lesser gate
And the people?
It is unfortunate about the people, but it is God's will
[Man] Silence!
[Chattering]
Silence!
[Chattering Ceases]
It has fallen to us
to defend Jerusalem
and we have made our preparations as well as they can be made
None of us took this city from Muslims
No Muslim, of the great army now coming against us
was born when this city was lost
We fight over an offense we did not give
against those who were not alive to be offended
What is Jerusalem?
Your holy places lie over the Jewish temple
that the Romans pulled down
The Muslim places of worship lie over yours
Which is more holy?
The wall? The mosque?
The sepulcher?
Who has claim?
No one has claim
All have claim!
- That is blasphemy - Be quiet
We defend this city
not to protect these stones
but the people living within these walls
My lord My lord, my lord
How are we to defend Jerusalem without knights?
- We have no knights! - Truly?
- What is your condition? - I'm servant to the patriarch
He's, uh, one of my servants
Is he? You were born a servant?
Kneel
Every man at arms
or capable of bearing them
kneel!
On your knees!
Be without fear in the face of your enemies
Be brave and upright that God may love thee
Speak the truth even if it leads to your death
Safeguard the helpless
That is your oath
And that is so you remember it
Rise a knight
Rise a knight!
Who do you think you are? Will you alter the world?
Does making a man a knight make him a better fighter?
- Yes - [Sighs]
[Approaching Hoof beats]
[Shouting In Arabic]
- My lord? - No
When will it begin?
Soon
[Man Shouts, Indistinct]
Get them to the walls!
[Soldier] Water! Bring water!
Get to the walls
Push!
- Run! - Push!
[Man Shouts]
Why do they not fire back?
- They wait - [Man Shouts In Arabic]
[Screaming]
(music)[Singing In Arabic]
That was only the first day There may be a hundred more
Saladin will show no mercy
We must hold out
force him to offer terms
What terms?
We fight for the people... their safety and freedom
[Grunting]
- Mercy - No
I cannot
[Soldiers jeering]
- Four hundred! - Four hundred!
- Fire! Fire!
[Man Screams]
- Three hundred! - Three hundred!
- Fire! - Fire!
Fire!
- One-fifty! - One-fifty!
Line up! Fire!
Hold your fire! Hold!
[Praying In Arabic]
Fire!
[Screaming]
[Shouting In Arabic]
[Pounding Continues]
Oil! Now!
Fire!
[Screaming]
[Saladin] Who defends?
- Balian of Ibelin, the son of Godfrey - Godfrey
Godfrey nearly killed me in the Lebanon
Truly, I did not know he had a son
It was his son at Kerak
- The one you let live - Yes
Perhaps you should not have
Perhaps I should have had a different teacher
[Soldier Screaming]
[Shouts In Arabic]
[Grunting]
[Screams]
Fire!
Now!
[Praying In Arabic]
When a body is burnt
it cannot be resurrected until judgment Day
If we do not burn these bodies
we will all be dead of disease in three days
God will understand, my lord
And if he doesn't
then he is not God, and we need not worry
- Salaam alaikum - Alaikum salaam
The wall, where the Christopher Gate used to be, has been weakened
Usually when a gate is blocked in, it is weaker than the wall around it
- Or stronger - It is weaker Rashid has seen it
This will be our door into Jerusalem
This is where we will make our stand
and we must prepare
Brothers! Brothers!
God has sent you this day!
You will take no prisoners!
As they did, so shall it be done!
- Allah hu akbar! - Allah hu akbar!
[Shouting Continues]
[Cheering]
When this wall comes down
there will be no quarter
If you throw down your arms
your families will die
We can break this army here
- [Loud Explosion] - So I say let them come!
Let them come!
- Come on! Come on! - [Cheering]
Come on!
[All Shouting]
They will ask for terms
They must ask for terms
Convert to Islam Repent later
You've taught me a lot about religion, Your Eminence
Will you yield the city?
Before I lose it, I will burn it to the ground
Your holy places, ours
Every last thing in Jerusalem that drives men mad
I wonder if it would not be better if you did
- You will destroy it? - Every stone
And every Christian knight you kill will take 10 Saracens with him
You will destroy your army here and never raise another
I swear to God that to take this city will be the end of you
Your city is full of women and children
If my army will die
so will your city
You offer terms I ask none
I will give every soul safe conduct to Christian lands
Every soul...
the women, the children, the old
and all your knights and soldiers, and your queen
No one will be harmed
I swear to God
The Christians butchered every Muslim within the walls when they took this city
I am not those men
I am Saladin
Saladin
Then under these terms, I surrender Jerusalem
Salaam alaikum
And peace be with you
What is Jerusalem worth?
Nothing
Everything
I have surrendered Jerusalem
All will be safely escorted to the sea
If this is the kingdom of heaven
let God do with it as he wills
- [Cheering] - Balian!
Balian!
[Patriarch] Yes! Thanks to the Lord!
Your brother's kingdom was here and here
That kingdom can never be surrendered
What should I do?
I'm still the queen of Acre, Ashkelon, Tripoli
Decide not to be a queen
and I will come to you
This horse
is not a very good horse
I will not keep it
Thank you
And if God does not love you
how could you have done all the things that you have done?
Peace be upon you
Alaikum salaam
A queen never walks
And yet you are walking
[Children Chattering]
- [Approaching Hoof beats] - [Man] Forward!
Forward!
[Man] Halt!
We crusade to recover the kingdom of Jerusalem
You go to where the men speak Italian
and then continue until they speak something else
We've come by this road to find Balian
who was defender of Jerusalem
I am the blacksmith
And I am the king of England
I am the blacksmith
[Man] Formation! Forward!
(music)[Woman Singing In Middle Eastern Language]
(music)[Woman Singing Continues]
(music)[Women Singing]
(music)[Choir Singing]
(music)[Women Singing]
(music)[Choir Singing]
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