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[Soft orchestral music plays]

[Chorus chanting]

[Hooves thundering]

[ Indistinct shouting ]

[Men's choir chanting]

[ Indistinct shouting ]

Aah!

[In Arabic ]: It's him.

The devil with the red cross: AI Ghouti.

[Horse whinnies]

Why does he help us?

Aah!

AI Ghouti.

[Wind whistling]

[VVomen's choir chanting softly]

[Door hinges creaking]

[In Swedish ]: How long has she been confined?

Several days and nights.

Help her out of here.

[Breathing raggedly]

What's this?

Mother Rikissa ordered us to bleed her as often as possible.

I'm not here to scold you.

Cecilia...

There is no point in being stubborn.

You must accept your fate.

Mother Rikissa only wants what is best for you.

[Water splashing]

[Baby crying]

Aah.

[Crying stops]

[Baby cooing]

This bastard was born in sin.

[Baby crying]

My baby! Give me my baby! I want my baby!

No! No! No!

[Woman vocalizing softly]

[In Arabic ]: Greetings.

[In English ]: You saved our lives, Knight Templar.

[In Arabic ]: Thank you. I only did my duty.

[In English ]: You speak our language.

Then you will understand

that I do not wish to be indebted to a Christian.

[Horse neighs]

God truly moves in mysterious ways.

Only He knows why He sent an enemy to our rescue.

You could have killed us as easily as you killed the bandits.

Those bandits have robbed many pilgrims,

and it's our mission to protect pilgrims.

[In Arabic ]: Take not another's life.

It is sacred in the eyes of God.

[Prays in Arabic]

[In English ]: AI Ghouti, I have heard of you.

You are a great warrior.

I am Yussuf. This is my brother Fahkr.

VVe are merchants on our way to Cairo.

AL GHOUTI: Taking this way around the Dead Sea without an escort.

This is the shortest route.

But not the safest.

We were sworn not to raise arms against each other...

so let us be honest:

you are warriors like us.

[In Arabic ]: Leave us.

[Horse whinnies]

[In English ]: I'll -- I'll go see to the horses.

[Horse whinnies]

Do you know who I am?

You are Yussuf Salah al-Din Ayyubi,

the one we know as Saladin.

And you are not afraid?

You have given me your word,

as I have given mine.

You are a man of honor,

not like your brothers.

How is it that you speak our language?

I've been here many years.

And you do not wish to return home?

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Glory be God’s ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

CHOIR DIRECTOR: ♪ Hallelujah ♪

CHOIR: ♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Glory be Agnus Dei ♪

CHOIR DIRECTOR: No, no.

♪ Gracias ♪

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[Clatter]

[Giggles from choir]

[Gasps]

[Chuckles]

[In Swedish ]: Hi.

MOTHER RIKISSA: Cecilia!

Yes, Mother.

ARN: I have...

Unburden yourself, my son.

I have disobeyed

and ventured outside the monastery grounds.

There was a girl singing, and she spoke to me, Father.

That is the end of your confession, my son?

All thy sin i thee forgive

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.

Sit.

[Sighs]

Arn, listen.

You did nothing wrong.

You've grown up now.

Sooner or later you have to experience

the life outside these walls.

The world outside, Father -- I know so little of it.

Yes, yes....Well better get used to it...

It was your mother's will -- and God's --

that you should be brought up here in the monastery.

Father Henri.

Filia mea.

She and your father had promised you as a child to God.

She said it was the will of God.

You had been sick, so they prayed for your life,

and God granted them a miracle.

So the promise was a sacred trust.

VVe cannot oppose the will of God.

But I'm reluctant to raise a child to become a monk.

But who says that God sent the boy here to become a monk?

[Birds chirping]

[In French] You want to try?

Okay? Here.

[In English ]: Hold it tight.

And now...

Aim.

And now try to hit the target.

Very good!

Good. Again.

Good. Again.

[Chuckling ]: Very good. Oh.

Hey, look!

I told you -- always in my eye.

[ Laughs ]

Go!

Arn?

Hey!

You see?

FRIAR: Mm-hmm. "To read is the foundation of all knowledge."

What?

In which hand does it feel most comfortable, hmm?

Both?

[Chuckles]

Oh!

Careful, your foot!

[ Laughs ]

Frére Guilbert, why are you so good at fighting?

Once I used to be much better.

Again.

FATHER HENRI: You seem to be training him to be a warrior.

Is that entirely wise?

I am merely strengthening the skills

that God has already given him.

I wasn't sure that you were ready, but you are now.

You must do the Lord's calling.

Brother Guilbert and I have discussed this,

and we have reached a decision.

The time has come for you to go home, Arn.

You must go back to your family.

"In hoc signo Vince-S."

"In this sign thou shall conquer."

Before I came here, to this, uh, peaceful monastery,

I served another order.

God's holy army,

the Knights Templar.

For 12 years,

I fought with this sword in the Holy Land.

With this sword, no one has ever defeated me.

You may never draw it in anger or use it for your own gain.

It has to serve God's good cause.

ULVBANE: [In Swedish ]: Your livestock is grazing on my land.

Are you not aware of the boundaries?

ESKIL: I know where my livestock may graze.

FOLKESSON: That land is not yours.

ULVBANE: Have you no honor? Are you a bald-faced liar?

ESKIL: Liar? You are the one to stretch the truth!

FOLKESSON: The land at Forsvik has always belonged to our clan.

And many a man can swear to that fact.

\.Ne'II see what the Council of Elders has to say about that.

See you there... liar!

And who may you be?!

Eskil.

Father.

Arn?

What the devil?

[Chuckles]

I didn't recognize you.

It's good to have you back.

Magnus.

Brosa.

Eskil.

Arn.

-Good to see you back at Arnés. -You haven't changed, Uncle Brosa.

Those monks had you for years. Were you taught to read?

I see, so you can read.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

Now to the land dispute

between Magnus Folkesson and Emund Ulvbane.

I understand that Nlagnus Folkesson is willing to settle.

That is the case.

And I am willing to pay Emund Ulvbane

the sum of 30 pieces of silver.

[Crowd murmuring]

That is more than one could ask.

For peace between neighbors is worth far more than silver.

The settlement has been accepted.

As the Council has ruled,

I must comply.

But 'tis a shame that silver outweighs honor and truth.

'Tis also a shame to be obliged to deal with a man without honor.

[Crowd murmuring]

You, Magnus Folkesson...

You are not a man.

And your sons are no better.

They are but puny girls, a nun and a beer keg.

[Laughter]

[Coins clink]

BROSA: Mark my words, the Sverker King planned this.

He whispered those insults in UIvbane's ear.

Ulvbane knew every word to the letter!

The Sverker clan wants to weaken us.

I wish there were a way out.

But a public insult must bylaw be redressed through single combat.

Is there no other way?

I will do battle with him tomorrow.

|\/lay the Lord protect me.

Do not despair.

They haven't buried me yet.

[Chuckles]

Let the combatants step forward.

GUILBERT, VOICE-OVER: This sword is a blessed sword.

[Crowd murmuring]

Arn!

BROSA: It's too late. He has accepted the challenge.

Am I to fight a nun?

[Laughter]

I never figured your father to be such a coward.

[Thud]

Aaah!

[Crowd murmuring, laughing]

-MAN: Death to the Sverker! -Cut him down, Arn! Kill him!

CROWD: Kill, kill, kill!

Arn!

Aah!

[Grunts]

[Crowd shouting ]

[Shouting stops]

[Crowd shouting triumphantly]

Arn, Algot Pélsson is here. He's brought his daughter along.

It's Cecilia.

Welcome, Algot. What brings you here?

We were nearby, so...

I -- I just wanted to see the place.

It's been so long since I've been here.

My father doesn't like me riding alone.

That's why the groom is here.

I see.

People are certainly talking about you.

Really?

Yes, everyone is talking about how you saved your family's honor.

It really wasn't anything.

I mean -- Well, people talk too much.

What do you mean?

I had no choice but to defend my father.

Come on.

Catch me if you can!

[Woman vocalizing softly]

Ohh!

[Horse whinnies]

Arn!

[Panting]

Arn!

Boo!

[Both laughing]

[Laughing ]: Stop!

[Both laugh]

You have stolen...

What did you say?

What did you say?

You have stolen my heart.

You have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes.

I do believe you have stolen mine, Arn Magnusson.

Brosa.

VVhat's wrong?

We've spoken to Algot.

He says you ran off with his youngest daughter.

She is promised to a Sverker.

It's unwise to give her ideas.

FOLKESSON: Her father owes a debt to the Sverkers.

....

though you spared his life.

...

Algot cannot give his daughter to an enemy of the King.

[Birds chirping]

ALGOT: Cecilia?

Cecilia!

I don't want a Sverker.

I want to belong to you, Arn.

CECILIA: The Virgin Mother is on our side.

Nothing can keep us apart.

My dear sister, I have something to tell you.

[ Laughs ]

I am betrothed to Arn Magnusson.

What's the matter?

I knew it.

Knew what?

Father cannot afford to pay for two weddings.

I'll never leave this place.

Don't say that!

We vvon't leave you here.

I apologize, Cecilia.

I'm happy for you.

Have you set a date for your wedding?

No date has been set.

But it will have to be soon.

You're the only one I'm telling, so promise you'll keep my secret.

I'm carrying his child.

Are you absolutely sure of this?

KATARINA: Yes.

And this is the same Arn Magnusson who crippled Emund Ulvbane?

Yes, Mother Rikissa.

After the council, they came to our farm.

ALGOT: Vvelcome, Magnus!

The news from Axevalla precedes you.

MAGNUS: Algot.

ALGOT: Arn!

Now you're the man of the hour.

And there's more.

That same night, before he met Cecilia,

he had carnal knowledge of me.

[Shivers]

You do understand

that this will not be the end of the matter, don't you?

"Most Reverend Lord Bishop,

It is with a heavy heart I write these words.

But in these times of trouble,

we of the Sverker clan must stand united.

And so I am forced to put pen to paper.

By way of a confession,

I obtained information vital to our kinfolk

with regard to the young lad

who humiliated the King's best fighter...

...the infamous Arn Magnusson."

Here, in the diocese of Skara,

lives a young man with an angelic face

and a black and sinful heart.

With fine vvords and false promises

he has enticed a young maiden to indulge in sins of the flesh...

And caused her to be with child cut of wedlock.

But there is more.

This young man

has another wicked deed on his conscience.

He had already Iain with the young maiden's sister.

That one man would take two sisters is indeed an abomination.

Such a deed is not easily redeemed.

Arn Magnusson of Arnés,

and Cecilia Algotsdotter of Pé|'s Farm...

are, from this day forward, excommunicated.

No clergyman in all of West Gothia may have anything to do with them.

Th ml m m m

...at the abbeys of Varnhem and Gudhem

for half a lifetime -- 20 years.

[Gasps, sobs]

Cecilia!

Arn!

Cecilia.

No matter what they say, I never laid with your sister.

I've never loved anyone else.

[Sniffles]

I swear by all that is holy to come for you.

MOTHER RIKISSA: Cecilia!

I will wait for you.

Cecilia Algotsdotter!

No, do not make me!

No!

[Door closes ]

Prayer and work, Cecilia.

That's what lies ahead for you.

If you imagine that your stay here

will be as comfortable as things used to be,

you are sorely mistaken.

You are surrounded by Sverkers now,

and you will do penance.

Look at me.

Look at me!

I will tame you, Cecilia Algotsdotter.

F THE HEN WS MM MQ

[In English ]: Guilty or not,

you have been convicted of an abomination,

and no man can lift that sentence.

But you will not stay here at Varnhem.

I have written to the Bishop,

and he has agreed to our request..

Under the name of Arn de Gothia, you will journey first to Rome,

and from there, to the Holy Land.

Father, I --

You will be a Knight Templar, Arn,

a soldier in the service of God.

[Sighs]

[Door opens ]

[In Swedish ]: Daydreaming again?

I suppose you think your beloved will come for you.

But that will never happen.

Arn Magnusson has been sent to the Holy Land, to the Crusades.

That's a lie!

You'll never see him again.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

De Gothia.

[In English ]: Sir.

Back so soon? I trust you have completed your mission.

I have, Grandmaster.

But I have bad news to report.

Oh?

Saladin is here.

What?!

He could march at Jeruselum at any time

This is not possible.

Saladin's troops are scattered across the country.

Surely we would have heard something

if he had assembled an army.

Gentlemen, Saladin is here, and he's sure of his victory.

I have just spoken with the King of Jerusalem.

His spies report that Saladin is in Damascus.

ARN: Not anymore.

Grandmaster, I don't know what de Gothia hopes to achieve

by spreading these rumors.

VVho told you this, de Gothia?

An eyewitness.

Who told you?

A man I trust.

So you saved Saladin's life,

and then you sat down and shared his bread.

I gave him my word.

You gave him your word?

[Scoffs]

Now, what did you learn?

He was heading south.

That's where the attack will come from.

I'll inform the King.

We must prepare for a siege.

Tell me, de Gothia,

what kind of man is he, our enemy?

He's like us -- a man of his word.

SALADIN: I am glad that God has given me this chance

to get to know my enemy.

You respect him.

That won't stop me from fighting him, sir.

It is a shame that you must lose this war.

-I have sworn to win. -So have I.

And we shall soon see which one of us is right.

[Wind whistling]

♪ Virgo clementissima ♪

♪ O rosa sine spina ♪

♪ Mater misericordiae... ♪

[Wind whistling]

[Gate opens ]

[Women giggling]

[Whispering indistinctly]

[Whispering ]: Cecilia.

[In Swedish ]: I know of your story.

You are no longer alone.

MAN [ In Arabic ]: I will speak only to AI Ghouti!

GERARD [ ln English ]: What the hell is going on here?!

2 I will speak only to AI Ghouti!

VVho is this?

I will speak only to AI Ghouti!

What are you doing here?

[In English ]: I will speak only to AI Ghouti!

AI Ghouti? \N'hat do you want with him?

I will speak only to AI Ghouti!

AI Ghouti!

[In Arabic ]: AI Ghouti. My master has sent me.

What does your master want?

He wants to speak with you. I am to bring him to you.

[In English ]: You speak his language.

Let him go.

How dare you.

This man is to be interrogated.

As you wish.

But the Grandmaster won't be pleased.

Be assured of that.

Very well.

You make your little friend talk.

Release him.

[In Arabic ]: Take me to your master.

WOMEN, IN UNISON: ...debita nostra,

sicut et nos dimittimus

debitoribus nostris

et ne nos inducas in tentationem

sed Iibera nos a malo.

[In Swedish ]: It has come to my attention

that Cecilia deserves chastisement.

She has violated the rules and has spoken.

No, not you, Cecilia Algotsdotter.

There is another Cecilia among us.

Cecilia Blanka, come here.

This Cecilia will be known from now on as Blanka.

On your first night here, you spoke to Cecilia Algotsdotter.

Now go stand over there.

Helena.

Step forward.

Three lashes.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

[Exhales sharply]

[Whip cracks, Blanka grunts]

[Whip cracks, Blanka grunts]

[Sobs softly]

[Whip cracks]

[Sobbing]

[In Arabic ]: Welcome.

[In English ]: I wish God had brought us together

under more pleasant circumstances.

So do I.

I am indebted to you, AI Ghouti.

You will lose this war. You know that.

But because you have saved my life,

I will be merciful.

Leave Jerusalem without giving battle,

and you and your brother Templars

will have safe passage wherever you wish.

My duty is to protect Jerusalem.

Even if the decision was mine to make,

my answer would still be no.

Then you will die.

It's all in the hands of God.

♪ Amen ♪

[Exhales sharply]

[In Swedish ]: VVho are you?

I am your future queen.

I am betrothed to Knut Eriksson.

He will soon seize the crown from the Sverker King.

And he will come for me soon.

Hopefully he will bring news of the Crusades.

Arn.

Does anyone have news?

I know nothing of Arn.

But little Magnus is doing fine.

Magnus?

Your son.

Didn't they tell you?

You had no idea?

That vicious Sverker witch!

Magnus? Is that his name?

Oh! Thank you!

He's alive!

[In English ]: The King of Jerusalem sends his blessings.

The True Cross.

Thankyou De Ridefort, We appreciate the Kings kindness

and we'll need its protection

since Saladin is already on his way to Jerusalem.

Grandmaster Torroja.

The battle for Jerusalem does not have to be fought at Jerusalem.

What do you mean?

Saladin's army is great,

but that also means that it moves slowly.

Which gives us time to prepare for a siege.

Which gives us time to stop him before he reaches Jerusalem.

To save time, Saladin will take the way across |\/Iontgisard.

There's a shortcut there used by the Bedouin.

-I think you know of the place. -Yes, I've been there.

A narrow pass through the mountains.

Saladin would never expect us to confront them there.

An ambush could do Saladin's army a great deal of harm.

Grandmaster.

We have no evidence that Saladin will choose that way,

unless, of course, de Gothia has intelligence

from yet another "secret source."

De Ridefort, this is no time or place for personal fights.

De Turenne, what's your opinion?

It's a wise strategy.

Could avoid a siege, if God be willing.

We should get a force out there at once.

Vlfe have nothing to lose and all to win.

My lord.

Arn de Gothia.

The encounters that you've had can't be interpreted

as anything other than the will of God.

You shall lead our brothers in this battle.

You will be in command.

I am honored, Grandmaster.

VVe'll wait in ambush here.

A sandstorm will soon be upon us.

It'll be madness to fight in this.

It's a godsend.

Saladin will be taken by surprise.

[Horse whinnies]

Dismount!

Sir.

Sir?

Sir?

[Wind whistles, indistinct shouting in distance]

[Army approaching in distance]

[Horses approaching]

[Indistinct talking ]

[Horse whinnies]

Now!

[Shouting]

[Choking]