3 Films & TV Shows Set In Israel During The 12th Century

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  Arn: The Knight Templar

  🇮🇱 Israel The 12th Century

  A Knight in the Holy Land. A Woman in the Frozen North. A War that Kept Them Apart. — Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.

  Released in 2007 • 139 minutes
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  Kingdom of Heaven

  🇫🇷 France 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇮🇱 Israel 🇵🇸 Palestine 🇮🇹 Italy The 12th Century

  Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Safeguard the helpless, and do no wrong — After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.

  Released in 2005 • 144 minutes
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  Nathan der Weise

  🇮🇱 Israel The 12th Century

  Silent movie adaptation of Lessing's play. Set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade, it describes how the wise Jewish merchant Nathan, the enlightened sultan Saladin and the (initially anonymous) Templar bridge their gaps between Judaism, Islam and Christianity.

  Released in 1922 • 128 minutes