Product Details

• Actors: Werner Baum, Tahareh Becker, Patrick Brymer, Debbie Lee Carrington, Ray Cokes
• Directors: Holger Neuhäuser
• Format: Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
• DVD Release Date: November 3, 1998
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305150729
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #228,098 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "High Crusade" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

In a castle somewhere in England on the eve of the crusades, 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. Unimpressed by the alien's high-tech weapons, the knights storm the spaceship. With arrogance (and dumb luck) on their side, they soon gain possession of the vessel and a hostage who can fly the thing! Of course, there is only one thing to do - fly it to the Holy Land and use it to put the fear of God into the heathens! But they are not destined to reach Jerusalem - as soon as he's back in his spaceship, their hostage switches the automatic pilot to return home. In two days, the bumbling, arrogant and ignorant crusaders will be at the mercy of an entire alien planet...heaven help the aliens! ohn Rhys-Davies, Rick Overton

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Missed Opportunity, March 12, 2000

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Rod Summers (Bristol, Bristol United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: High Crusade (DVD)

I had high hopes for this movie when I first learnt that someone was going to make a film version of Poul Anderson's classic novel, but somewhere along the way the producers decided to make this as a comedy movie instead of a straight action adventure story. Stupid beyond belief, the powers that be missed the chance to turn a great action story into a great action movie. Dumb. What should have been a stirring space epic with bold knights in armour, treachery and villainous aliens becomes a tedious - and cringingly bad at times - waste of time. One day, perhaps, someone will have the guts to make a proper film version of Anderson's great book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sci-fi?, January 24, 2010

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Beast757 "Jay" (Georgia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: High Crusade (DVD)

This film has a good premise and excellent material to work from, but does not avail itself of it. This is a passable movie that could have been great if it had followed the novel more closely. If you are under 15, see the film...if you are older, read the book. It is an excellent work to read.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Oh dear, September 6, 2001

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Scott Knights (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: High Crusade (DVD)

Sorry, but this is a dismal movie. It starts badly when the credit blurb on the packaging says Paul, not Poul Anderson. Not only is it completely unlike the book but the attempted humour almost entirely misses the mark. The human characters are portrayed as complete imbeciles and the aliens are not much better. I accept that compromises have to be made when adapting novels to screen, but why bother with the license in the first place if you are simply going to use the title and ignore the plot?