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| Directed by | Paul Verhoeven |
| Screenplay by | Gerard Soeteman Paul Verhoeven |
| Story by | Gerard Soeteman |
| Produced by | Gijs Versylus |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Jan de Bont |
| Edited by | Ine Schenkkan |
| Music by | Basil Poledouris |
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| Distributed by | Orion Pictures |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
| Countries | United States Netherlands Spain |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$6.5 million |
| Box office | US$100,000 (United States)[1] |
Flesh and Blood is a 1985 romantic historical adventure film directed by Paul Verhoeven, and starring Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson, Susan Tyrrell, Ronald Lacey, Bruno Kirby and Jack Thompson. The script was written by Verhoeven and Gerard Soeteman. The story is set in 1501 in early modern Italy, and follows two warring groups of mercenaries and their longstanding quarrel.
The script is partly based on unused material for the Dutch television series Floris, which was the debut for Verhoeven, Soeteman and Hauer. The film, originally titled God's Own Butchers,[2][3] was also known as The Rose and the Sword on early VHS releases. It was Verhoeven's first English-language film.[4]
Upon its release in August 1985, Flesh and Blood was a box office bomb, earning only US$100,000 on a US$6.5 million production budget. The film has since garnered a small cult following.
- ^ "Flesh & Blood (1985)". The Numbers. Beverly Hills, California: Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ^ Flesh + Blood (1985), by Dan Owen 08-10-2018, Dans Media Digest
- ^ Keesey 2005, pp. 86–93.
- ^ Maltin 2017, p. 475.