Kingdom Of Heaven Page #5

Do you really think the king wants

you head of the army once he's gone?

Think your wife does?

- I have a problem.

- Ah, yes. Balian.

I saw him at Kerak.

Celebrated.

You must beware a popular man.

Kill him.

- What's that?

- England.

- The king?

- Richard. And his father was Henry.

- Good. And that?

- France.

Will I ever see France?

Maybe one day.

But you must be king here.

How many islands can you see here?

- One, two...

- The king will see you.

No, I can't. I can't bear

to look at him. Use this.

It doesn't mean

I don't love him.

Go, madam.

Oh. Hello.

I was dreaming...

I was back in that summer...

when I defeated Saladin.

Do you remember it?

I was only 16.

You were a beautiful boy.

- Yes.

- You have always been beautiful.

In every way.

My beautiful sister.

I've missed you.

So beautiful.

I'm sorry if I've caused you any pain.

Remember me as I was.

I will.

Sibylla.

If my son has your knights...

you have your wife.

Behold your rightful king and heir...

to the throne

of the kingdom of Jerusalem.

Yes! Yes!

Yes!

Long live the king in prosperity.

Long live the king.

Long live the king.

Long live the king.

One may stare into the light

until one becomes the light.

I've done it many times.

There's your religion.

One spark,

a creosote bush.

There's your Moses.

I did not hear it speak.

That does not mean

that there is no God.

Do you love her?

- Yes.

- The heart will mend.

Your duty is to the people

of the city.

- I go to pray.

- For what?

For the strength to endure

what is to come.

And what is to come?

The reckoning is to come

for what was done 100 years before.

The Muslims will never forget.

Nor should they.

My lady,

your letter to Saladin.

Peace to be sustained, borders

respected, trade allowed to continue.

Is this wise

to show your intentions?

Better, surely,

to let him wonder.

We keep my brother's peace.

Sign it.

Take the seal.

Be careful.

Be careful.

Put it back, my darling.

Hey!

There is a rumor.

We must condemn it immediately.

Call it treason,

and kill those who whisper it.

The rumor will die

if we show the boy as active.

How long before he wears a mask?

Will you have one made for him?

How did my boy deserve it?

Jerusalem is dead, Tiberias.

No kingdom is worth

my son alive in hell.

I will go to hell instead.

- Do you remember the story of Llewellyn?

- No.

- Well, do you remember why?

- No.

He was so lonely...

and he called all the gods.

- Why?

- Because he was desperate. It was a proof of love.

Is this why you came

to the Holy Land?

Come on!

Leave us.

- The boy's in heaven?

- Yes.

His mother has more

backbone than I do.

She's in the crypt

and will not come out.

- Have the Templars killed Balian?

- Yes.

Reynald...

give me a war.

That is what I do.

Behold your rightful queen and heir...

to the throne

of the kingdom of Jerusalem.

Yes! Yes!

Yes!

I, Sibylla, by the grace

of the Holy Spirit...

choose as king

Guy de Lusignan...

the man who's been

my husband.

With the help of God,

he will rule his people well.

Long live the king in prosperity.

Long live the king.

Long live the king.

Long live the king.

I am what I am.

Someone has to be.

Saladin's sister.

I know.

Saladin achki.

I know.

- Salaam alaikum.

- Alaikum salaam.

Speak.

The sultan demands the return

of his sister's body...

the heads of those responsible...

and the surrender of Jerusalem.

Does he?

What answer do you return to Saladin?

- This.

- Take the head to Damascus.

I am Jerusalem.

- Assemble the army!

Yea!

Now this assembly of barons...

and all Jerusalem

is complete.

There are those among you who

may disagree with our succession...

but it is war.

Aye!

And I am...

the king.

We march at once.

What say this council?

- Aye!

- No.

If you must have war, this army

cannot move away from water.

You have a chance

to hold the city...

but if you move out

against Saladin...

this army will be destroyed

and the city left defenseless.

When I wish a blacksmith

to advise me in war...

I will tell him.

Saladin wants you to come out.

He is waiting for you

to make that mistake.

He knows his man.

- We should meet the enemies of God.

- Aye!

And so we shall.

Then you do so

without my knights.

Then I will have the glory, Tiberias.

You had yours years and years ago.

It's time for mine.

Forward!

Forward!

Tiberias.

When Saladin has finished

with Guy, he will come.

We must look to the defenses.

The boy's dead.

- Guy.

- No.

The boy was leprous

like his uncle.

She gave him peace.

She let him go...

and Jerusalem along with him.

Keep to your lines!

You go with the army?

My order is with the army.

You go to certain death.

All death is certain.

I shall tell your father

what I've seen you become.

When Saladin comes...

we're not defensible.

Save the people

from what I have done.

I will.

God wills it.

Can you sense it?

There has been no messenger.

I drink water for what it is.

I did not give the cup to you.

No, my lord.

A king does not kill a king.

Were you not close enough

to a great king...

to learn by his example?

I've given Jerusalem my whole life.

Everything.

First I thought we...

were fighting for God.

Then I realized we were fighting

for wealth and land.

I was ashamed.

Tiberias.

There is no more Jerusalem.

I shall go to Cyprus.

Will you come with me?

No.

You are your father's son.

Saladin must move his army

from water to water.

That gives you four days,

maybe five.

God be with you.

He's no longer with me.

- Mark 400.

- Four hundred!

Four hundred!

They're here.

It is only one man.

No. They're here.

This is the only section of the wall

that they can attack...

once they begin

to bombard the walls.

They will stop only to avoid hitting

their own siege towers as they come in.

We take the bombardment.

When they cease firing, we fire.

We must leave the city.

How exactly, my lord bishop?

The fastest horses

from a lesser gate.

And the people?

It is unfortunate about the people,

but it is God's will.

Silence!

Silence!

It has fallen to us...

to defend Jerusalem...

and we have made our preparations

as well as they can be made.

None of us took this city

from Muslims.

No Muslim, of the great army

now coming against us...

was born when this city was lost.

We fight over an offense

we did not give...

against those who were

not alive to be offended.

What is Jerusalem?

Your holy places lie

over the Jewish temple...

that the Romans pulled down.

The Muslim places of worship

lie over yours.

Which is more holy?

The wall? The mosque?

The sepulcher?

Who has claim?

No one has claim.

All have claim!

- That is blasphemy.

- Be quiet.

We defend this city...

not to protect these stones...

but the people living

within these walls.

My lord.

My lord, my lord.

How are we to defend Jerusalem

without knights?

- We have no knights!

- Truly?

- What is your condition?

- I'm servant to the patriarch.

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