Le Lion des Flandres

Original title: De leeuw van Vlaanderen

1984
1h 30m

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Josine van Dalsum in Le Lion des Flandres (1984)

A tale centered on the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302 where the Flemish rank and file won a major victory over the glorious French knights.A tale centered on the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302 where the Flemish rank and file won a major victory over the glorious French knights.A tale centered on the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302 where the Flemish rank and file won a major victory over the glorious French knights.

Director
- Hugo Claus
Writers
- Hugo Claus
- Hendrik Conscience
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5.5/10

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Director
- Hugo Claus
Writers
- Hugo Claus
- Hendrik Conscience
Stars

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5/10

Great example (how not to make a movie)

I started out unbiased and neutral of this movie. I got through to the whole ninety minutes of it. And wow, this is a great example of a movie not to do this. Even at the 1984 pace and special effects it's bad, so bad that I had to cringe several time for the bad acting and effects.

The acting for nearly all actors is bad and the direction is even worse. I forgive the special effects team because the budget had to be extremely low. The cast is so few they can hardly muster any extra's during the battle or during the french royal scenes.

Please Hollywood and other movie makers, take note of this movie how to NOT do this kind of genre. I barely make any reviews, but this is a movie I had to review.

Don't waste time on this. It's 90 minutes you will never get back!

robvanderaa
Jul 17, 2022
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Trivia
To check who is French and who is Flemish, people were asked to say the phrase "schild en vriend". That way, the Flemish knew only to kill those who pronounce the phrase with a French accent. This doesn't really work in the film though, seen as the French people in the movie speak Dutch with perfectly normal Flemish or Dutch accents.

Goofs
The eyes of a dead French knight follow the pitbull in front of him.

Alternate versions
The restored and DVD version is slightly different than the earlier cinema and TV versions: The close shot in which Robrecht van Bethune decapitates De Chatillon with his sword, has been cut down with a couple of frames in the restored and DVD version. In the earlier releases you could clearly see that it was a dummy head being chopped off.