The Knights Templar cover art

The Knights Templar Details

2000 Certificate Ex
  • Rated:
  • 50
  • from 367 members

This historical release focuses on the legendary Knights Templar and their quests for the Holy Grail and the Shroud of Turin. The programme also explores many other aspects of these fascinating warrior monks. Read more

Genres Documentary

loading loading...

The Knights Templar

This historical release focuses on the legendary Knights Templar and their quests for the Holy Grail and the Shroud of Turin. The programme also explores many other aspects of these fascinating warrior monks.

Studio BECKMANN VISUAL PUBLISHING
Run time DVD: 1 hr 44 mins
Certificate Certificate Ex
Genres Documentary
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 11 Mar 2002
Production year: 2000
Format DVD
  • Most helpful member's review of The Knights Templar

    View all
  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Fantastic subject treated well.

    However a very cheap and badly put together documentary. The MPEG encoding is well below par - the tracking shots jitter, colours are lack lustre and on the whole the editing and reconstructions are appaling.

    Vesides that though the factual inforamtion presented is interesting and helps overcome the technicaly sub standard film making. For enthusiasts only...

      • Andrew#629 from ABERDARE
  • Most recent members' review of The Knights Templar

    View all
  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    This documentary was somewhat short on imagery but the history was very

    interesting. It was little more like a good show on Radio 4 than something that really

    needed video. The maps, locations and manuscripts were good, but the re-enactments

    were pretty low budget. Still worth watching for history buffs.

      • asie#1 from CAMBRIDGE
  • News and features

    View all
    The Knights Templar

    Kingdom of Heaven DVD hits shelves this week

    • 03 Oct 2005

    Ridley Scott's epic story of the crusades is available to buy on DVD this week. The film features Orlando Bloom as a blacksmith named Balian, who discovers he is the son of Godfrey of Ibelin. He travels to the Holy Land with him to find Jerusalem, a city which is barely at peace, marked by the illness of Catholic King Baldwin (played by Edward Norton). Meanwhile the strength of the Islamic Saracens grows in the distance, hanging the survival of Christian Jerusalem in the balance. As Baldwin's... Read more

  • More like this

    View all

Rating breakdown

367 Member ratings
  • 100
16
  • 90
14
  • 80
26
  • 70
37
  • 60
76
  • 50
61
  • 40
47
  • 30
35
  • 20
37
  • 10
18

Related user collection

Buy from the LOVEFiLM shop


    • The Knights Templar
    • DVD: £9.93
      Free Delivery
    • RRP £15.79 (you save: 37%)
    • This historical release focuses on the legendary Knights Templar and their quests for the Holy Grail and the Shroud of Turin. The programme also explores many other aspects of these fascinating ...