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High Crusade - Frikassee im Weltraum

Deutschland 1993/1994 Spielfilm

The High Crusade

A castle somewhere in England. It is the eve of the Crusades, and all good English knights are preparing to march on Jerusalem. Out of the heavens, an alien spaceship descends. An entry hatch opens and a scouting party from another planet emerges, gathering information for a potential march on Earth.

 

The medieval knights are technically underdeveloped, cosmologically misinformed and incredibly thick-skulled. The extra-terrestrials are highly intelligent, technically advanced and extremely knowledgeable. Who will come out on top? For the knights, there is only one possible reaction to invaders who do not treasure English hospitality: attack. Unimpressed by the aliens′ high-tech weapons, the knights storm the spaceship, take a hostage and set off for the Holy Land to put the fear of God into the heathen. But then the hostage switches the automatic pilot to "return home" ...

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

Credits

Director

  • Klaus Knoesel
  • Pierre Peters-Arnolds (Synchron-Regie)
  • Holger Neuhäuser

Screenplay

  • Jürgen Egger
  • Robert Gerard Brown

Director of photography

  • Wolfgang Aichholzer

Editing

  • Ueli Christen

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
  • Ray Cokes
    Der Bote
  • Holger Neuhäuser
    Hubert der Henker
  • Werner Baum
    Lars der Henker

Production company

  • Centropolis Filmproduktion (Sindelfingen)
  • Claussen + Wöbke Filmproduktion GmbH (München-Geiselgasteig)

Producer

  • Roland Emmerich
  • Ute Emmerich
  • Jakob Claussen
  • Thomas Wöbke

Alle Credits

Director

  • Klaus Knoesel
  • Pierre Peters-Arnolds (Synchron-Regie)
  • Holger Neuhäuser

Assistant director

  • Mark Needham

Script supervisor

  • Andrea Arndt

Screenplay

  • Jürgen Egger
  • Robert Gerard Brown

based on

  • Poul Anderson (Roman)

Director of photography

  • Wolfgang Aichholzer

Assistant camera

  • Dixie Schmiedle
  • Holger Seidel

Still photography

  • Andrea Kaysser

Lighting design

  • Bernd Rillich

Production design

  • Frank Bollinger
  • Harald Turzer

Painter

  • Didi Richter

Make-up artist

  • Birger Laube
  • Nannie Gebhardt-Seele
  • Stephanie Hilke

Costume design

  • Heike Hütt

Editing

  • Ueli Christen

Assistant editor

  • Alexandra Iliopoulou (1. Assistenz)

Sound editor

  • Claudia Enzmann

Sound

  • Simon Happ

Sound assistant

  • Nils-Morten Osburg

Audio mixing

  • Manfred Arbter

Special effects

  • Wolfrik Fischer
  • Jens Döldissen (Pyrotechnik)

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
  • Ray Cokes
    Der Bote
  • Holger Neuhäuser
    Hubert der Henker
  • Werner Baum
    Lars der Henker
  • Tim Luna
    1. Knappe
  • Fabian Rösler
    2. Knappe
  • Bobby Knoesel
    3. Knappe, Sarazene
  • Hans Schödel
    Perverser Mönch
  • Jophi Ries
    1. Verliebter Soldat, Sarazene
  • Jochen Nickel
    2. Verliebte Soldat, Sarazene
  • Klaus Stiglmeier
    Soldat
  • Klaus Knoesel
    Explodierender Knappe
  • El Bimbo
    Feuer-Schlucker
  • Manuela Riva
    Köchin
  • Mark Needham
    Trompeter
  • Hannes Schuler
    Sir Rogers Doppelgänger

Production company

  • Centropolis Filmproduktion (Sindelfingen)
  • Claussen + Wöbke Filmproduktion GmbH (München-Geiselgasteig)

Producer

  • Roland Emmerich
  • Ute Emmerich
  • Jakob Claussen
  • Thomas Wöbke

Executive producer

  • Roland Emmerich

Line producer

  • Claudia F. Knoll

Unit production manager

  • Claudia F. Knoll

Location manager

  • Uli Putz

Production manager

  • Erika Dress

Original distributor

  • Senator Film Verleih GmbH (München)

Original video distributor

  • Universum Film GmbH (München)

Funding

  • Bayerische Film- und Fernsehförderung (LfA) (München)
  • Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin)
  • Film- und Medien Stiftung NRW (Düsseldorf)

Shoot

    • Mai 1993 - Juli 1993: Laufenburg, München
Duration:
88 min bei 25 b/s
Format:
35mm
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby Stereo SR
Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 02.06.1994

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) High Crusade - Frikassee im Weltraum
  • Arbeitstitel (DE) Die Kreuzritter

Versions

Original

Duration:
88 min bei 25 b/s
Format:
35mm
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby Stereo SR
Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 02.06.1994

Prüffassung

Duration:
2505 m, 92 min
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 09.05.1994, 71405, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei;
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 12.01.1995, 71405 [2. FSK-Prüfung]

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