De kristne er pressede af Mauerne i Spanien. Den stolte Rodrigo Diaz, kaldet El Cid, vinder kongens gunst ved at kæmpe frygtløst mod overmagten. Men hvor El Cid har krigslykken med sig, er det straks en anden sag på hjemmefronten. Mange er misundelige over El Cids retskafne væsen og succes. En misforståelse resultere i drabet på hans kones fader, og hun hævner sig ved at forråde ham. Men selv som landflygtig har El Cid sine mænds ubetingede troskab og han fortsætte kampen endnu mere indædt end før.
England, 1021. Rob Cole, en dreng født i en elendig mineby, sværger til at blive læge og overvinde sygdom og død. Hans barske vej gennem mange år, en søgen efter viden belejret af utallige udfordringer og ofre, fører ham til det afsidesliggende Isfahan i Persien, hvor han møder Ibn Sina, sin tids største healer.
I 1000-tallets Skotland tjener klanhøvdingen Macbeth loyalt kong Duncan. Men Macbeth's loyalitetsfølelse sættes på en alvorlig prøve, da han bliver spået, at han snart vil blive than af Cawdor - og inden længe også konge. Da første del af spådommen går i opfyldelse, får Macbeth blod på tanden og snart også på hænderne - stærkt ansporet af sin hustru, der gør sit bedste for at puste liv i sin mands ærgerrighed.
Diamantjagt i junglen, pengevask i Europa, illegale Wall Street transaktioner – Rudy lever livet farligt, men gør det med stil. Nu er han i Jerusalem, på jagt i katakomberne under den gamle bydel efter en livsfarlig hemmelighed med rødder tilbage til Det Gamle Testamente.
Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife, warlord Macbeth, bold and brave, but also weak and hesitant, betrays his good king and his brothers in arms and sinks into the bloody mud of a path with no return, sown with crime and suspicion.
A Scottish warlord and his wife murder their way to a pair of crowns.
In medieval Japan, a woman and his children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years before.
Around the year 1000 AD warlike people, the so-called "tjuder", roam in northern Scandinavia. As they brutally kill a family in a remote area, including the parents and their little daughter, the family's teenage son, Aigin, observes the slaughter. He manages to flee from these killers and reaches a camp with other Sámi whose inhabitants are worried if he has been able to hide his track. Afraid of the murderous people, they decide to flee to the coast. The boy stays alone to avenge his family's murder. Unfortunately, they get him before he can do anything and force him to lead them to the other Sámi. He guides them but has a plan to destroy the barbarous people before reaching the camp.
I middelalderen er Marc og Bronwyn knapt blevet gift før den benhårde normaniske ridder Chrysagon kræver sin ret til at sove med bruden den første nat. Ridderen er i virkeligheden forelsket i Broonwyn, der også falder for ham. Det synes Marc bestemt ikke om og han indleder en blodig fejde, der hurtigt breder sig til hele regionen.
Fictionalized account of events leading up the famous nude ride (alas, her hair covers everything) of the militant Saxon lady.
An 11th-century Viking prince sails to America to find his father, who on a previous voyage had been captured by Indians.
A new era is about to begin in Eastern Europe. Scythians, the proud warriors, are all but gone and most of the few remaining descendants have become ruthless mercenary assassins. Lutobor, a warrior who becomes involved in intertribal conflicts, sets off on a perilous journey to save his family guided by a captive Scythian.
Towards the end of the eleventh century, Pope Urban II announces a crusade against the Saracens, who have occupied the holy city of Jerusalem. Three young friends Richard, Peter and Andrew set off to join the crusading army.
1099 A.D.: A battle-weary knight leads his men home from the Holy Land after years of fighting. But the supposedly holy relic he’s carrying bears a terrible curse…
This is a very theatrical version, full of sound & fury, histrionics and big arm movements. Cynical audiences might not buy into it, but if you were to go back to the early 1600s this is probably the way you'd see it. The plot of Macbeth, if you were snoozing during high school English class, is about an 11th century Scottish warrior who hatches a dubious plan to steal the throne. Spurred on by his wife Lady Macbeth, who wears the pants in the household, he finds himself swiftly slipping down the path of evil.
A brother who loves books and a sister who loves swords must face a yellow-robed warrior, the Red Python, a sinuous snake-charmer, and a silk-masked beauty (who must kill or wed the first man to see her face) before they can bring peace to their battle-addled family.
Don Fernando rallies peasants and townspeople to overthrow Moorish occupiers in medieval Spain.
The god Wotan gives the young Prince Sigmund of Valhalla and his sister Brunhilde, the leader of the Valkyries, the task of defending the Petrified Forest. This is threatened by the Vikings (led by the aggressive Hunding), who plans an invasion of the forest in search of the secret treasure of the Nibelung, the possession of which gives one unlimited power. After crossing the border and invading Valhalla, Hunding finds an ally in the daughter of one of Sigmund's loyal followers, Erika, who is embittered by unrequited love. She helps the Vikings raid the camp of the Valhalla residents and kill many warriors. Sigmund swears vengeance and pursues them with the remaining men. However, thanks to other traitors in Sigmund's ranks, Hunding succeeds in capturing him and his fiancée Siglinde, Erika's sister. At the end, Sigmund escapes and, with the help of the Valkiries, succeeds in stopping the invaders and defeating Hunding in a duel.
A film following Harold II at the Battle of Hastings