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Gates to Paradise (also known as Vrata Raja) is a 1968 film by Polish director Andrzej Wajda and starring Lionel Stander, Ferdy Mayne and Mathieu Carrière. The film is set in medieval France and is based on the 1960 novel by Polish writer Jerzy Andrzejewski that seeks to expose the motives behind youthful religious zeal. It was entered into the 18th Berlin International Film Festival.




Plot


In 1212, a Children's Crusade is launched after Jakob claims to have had a vision in which it is said that the innocence of children would be able to liberate Jerusalem. A monk, returning from Jerusalem, joins the crusade and hears the children's confessions, gradually realizing that most of them are taking part not for religious, but for more worldly reasons, like rejected love.
Both Alexander and Bianca are in love with Jakob. Alexander, who has learned that his adoptive father (and his lover), Count Ludwig, also a crusader, had killed Alexander's Greek parents, is gleeful that Jakob is in love with the count, whom he had met after the count and Alexander had split after an argument. This allows Alexander to take revenge for the count's infidelity by telling his beloved Jakob about the count's recent demise by drowning in a river, watched by an unmoved Alexander.
Finally, it is revealed in Jakob's confession that Jakob received the inspiration for the crusade not from God but from the Count, which means that the crusade must fail because it is not by the will of God. However, the monk is unable to stop the children's progression and is left behind.




Cast


Lionel Stander as Monk
Ferdy Mayne as Count Ludovic de Vendôme
Mathieu Carrière as Alexis Melissen
Pauline Challoner as Blanche
John Fordyce as Jacques de Cloyes
Jenny Agutter as Maud de Cloyes
Dragomir Felba as Crusader 1
Denis Gilmore as Robert (as Dennis Gilmore)
Gojko Kovačević as Crusader 2
Ljabomir Radavic as Crusader 3
Kynaston Reeves as Superior
Janez Vrhovec as François




See also


List of historical drama films




References






External links


Gates to Paradise at IMDb

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