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The War Lord

Turkish title: Harp ilâhi

“He Battled Two Empires For The Love Of One Woman.”

1965 · 2 h 3 min
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
AdventureDramaHistory

Cast

Charlton Heston Richard Boone Rosemary Forsyth Guy Stockwell Maurice Evans Henry Wilcoxon

Credits

Written by: John Collier

Plot

In the eleventh century, the Norman knight Chrysagon is given a village on the Channel coast to guard against raiding Frisians. He wants a young village bride for himself and claims her on her wedding night under an old feudal right, which sets off a feud that ends in a siege of his tower. Adapted from the play The Lovers.

Sinekatalog’s take

A muddy, serious medieval drama that treats the Middle Ages as a harsh place rather than a costume party. Heston plays a proud man undone by desire, and the siege is staged with real weight.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.6 / 10 (4,096 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.