

Knights of the Quest
2001-04-06 · 147 min · ★ 4.9
In 1271, the Seventh Crusade has failed. During their retreat, the troops transport the remains of King Louis IX, the Holy King, across the peninsula. A world has ended, and five young people with nothing in common set out to find the location of the Holy Shroud, stolen by traitors at the French court. Their journey will take them from the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines to Thebes, where the sacred relic is hidden.
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- Directors
- Pupi Avati
- Production companies
- Duea Film, RAI Cinema, MiC, Quinta Communications
- Countries
- Italy, France
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Raoul BovaGiacomo di Altogiovanni
Edward FurlongSimon di Clarendon
Thomas KretschmannVanni delle Rondini
Marco LeonardiRanieri di Panico
Stanislas MerharJean de Cent Acres
Carlo Delle PianeGiovanni da Cantalupo
F. Murray AbrahamDelfinello da Coverzano
Gigliola CinquettiMadre Superiora
Lorenzo BalducciErede
Cesare S. CremoniniMonaco Usciere
Edmund PurdomUgo di Clarendon
Loris LoddiJannot de Plume
Franco TrevisiRolando da Gesso
Sarah MaestriOdilia
Romano MalaspinaAmaury De La Roche
Yorgo VoyagisIsacco Sathas
Renzo RinaldiUomo Con Cane Marrone
Orazio StracuzziChirurgo di Luigi IX
Giovanni CapalboBenoit
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