---
title: 'The Crusades (1935)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Cecil B. DeMille'
released: '1935-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 125
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-crusades-1935'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026249/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Crusades (1935)

1935 · 125 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Crusades is a 1935 American historical adventure drama film directed and produced by Cecil B. DeMille for Paramount Pictures, loosely based on the life of King Richard I of England during the Third Crusade, and his marriage to Berengaria of Navarre. The film stars Henry Wilcoxon as Richard, Loretta Young as Berengaria, and Ian Keith as Saladin, along with C. Aubrey Smith, Katherine DeMille, Joseph Schildkraut and Alan Hale Sr. in supporting roles.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Cecil B. DeMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-b-demille)
- **Producer:** [Cecil B. DeMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-b-demille)
- **Screenplay:** [Dudley Nichols](https://cinepixo.com/people/dudley-nichols), [Waldemar Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/waldemar-young)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Rudolph G. Kopp](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolph-g-kopp)
- **Director of Photography:** [Victor Milner](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-milner)
- **Editor:** [Anne Bauchens](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-bauchens)

## Cast

- [Montagu Love](https://cinepixo.com/people/montagu-love) as The Blacksmith
- [C. Henry Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/c-henry-gordon) as Philip II of France
- [William Farnum](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-farnum) as Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy
- [Loretta Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/loretta-young) as Berengaria of Navarre
- [Harold Goodwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-goodwin)
- [John Carradine](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carradine)
- [George Barbier](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-barbier) as Sancho VI of Navarre
- [Jason Robards](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-robards-2)
- [Pedro de Cordoba](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-de-cordoba) as Karakush
- [Lumsden Hare](https://cinepixo.com/people/lumsden-hare) as Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester
- [Colin Tapley](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-tapley)
- [Mischa Auer](https://cinepixo.com/people/mischa-auer) as Monk
- [Ian Keith](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-keith) as Saladin
- [Sven Hugo Borg](https://cinepixo.com/people/sven-hugo-borg) as Sverre of Norway
- [Joseph Schildkraut](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-schildkraut) as Conrad of Montferrat

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