The story is set during the Crusades of the 12th century. A French village blacksmith goes to aid the Kingdom of Jerusalem in its defence against the Ayyubid Muslim sultan Saladin, who is battling to reclaim the city from the Christians leading to the Battle of Hattin. The film script is a heavily fictionalised portrayal of the life of Balian of Ibelin (ca. 1143–93).
Most filming took place in Ouarzazate and Ait Benhaddou, Morocco, where Scott had previously filmed Gladiator and Black Hawk Down. A replica of medieval Jerusalem was constructed in the desert. Filming also took place in Spain, at the Loarre Castle (Huesca), Segovia, Ávila, Palma del Río and Casa de Pilatos in Sevilla.[3]
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| Directed by | Ridley Scott |
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| Produced by | Ridley Scott |
| Written by | William Monahan |
| Starring | Orlando Bloom Eva Green Jeremy Irons David Thewlis Brendan Gleeson Marton Csokas Liam Neeson Edward Norton Ghassan Massoud Khaled El Nabawy |
| Music by | Harry Gregson-Williams |
| Cinematography | John Mathieson |
| Editing by | Dody Dorn |
| Studio | Scott Free Productions Inside Track Studio Babelsberg Motion Pictures GmbH[1] |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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| Running time | 144 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom[2] United States |
| Language | English Arabic Italian Latin |
| Budget | $147 million |
| Box office | $211,652,051 |

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