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Come forward I am glad to meet Godfrey's sonHe was one of my greatest teachersHe was there when playing with the other boys my arm was cutAnd it was he not my father's physicians who noticed that I
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King Baldwin IV:Come forward. I am glad to meet Godfrey's son. He was one of my greatest teachers. He was there when, playing with the other boys, my arm was cut. It was he, not my father's physicians, who noticed that I felt no pain. He wept when he gave my father the news... that I am a leper. The Saracens say that this disease is God's vengence against the vanity of our kingdom. As wretched as I am, these Arabs believe that the chastisement that awaits me in hell is far more severe and lasting. If that's true, I call it unfair. Come. Sit.King Baldwin IV:Do you play?Balian of Ibelin:No.King Baldwin IV:The whole world is in chess. Any move can be the death of you. Do anything except remain where you started, and you can't be sure of your end. Were you sure of your end once?Balian of Ibelin:I was.King Baldwin IV:What was it?Balian of Ibelin:To be buried a hundred yards from where I was born.King Baldwin IV:And now?Balian of Ibelin:Now I sit in Jerusalem, and look upon a king.King Baldwin IV: When I was sixteen, I won a great victory. I felt in that moment I would live to be a hundred. Now I know I shall not see thirty. None of us know our end, really, or what hand will guide us there. A king may move a man, a father may claim a son, but that man can also move himself, and only then does that man truly begin his own game. Remember that howsoever you are played or by whom, your soul is in your keeping alone, even though those who presume to play you be kings or men of power. When you stand before God, you cannot say, "But I was told by others to do thus," or that virtue was not convenient at the time. This will not suffice. Remember that.Balian of Ibelin:I will

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Come forward I am glad to meet Godfrey's son
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He was one of my greatest teachers
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He was there when playing with the other boys my arm was cut
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And it was he not my father's physicians who noticed that I felt no pain
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He wept when he gave my father the news
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that I am a leper
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The Saracens say that this disease
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is God's vengeance against the vanity of our kingdom
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As wretched as I am
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these Arabs believe that the chastisement that awaits me in hell
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is far more severe and lasting
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If that's true I call it unfair
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Come Sit
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Do you play No
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The whole world is in chess
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Any move can be the death of you
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Do anything except remain where you started
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and you can't be sure of your end
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Were you sure of your end once
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I was What was it
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To be buried a hundred yards from where I was born
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And now
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Now I sit in Jerusalem and look upon a king
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When I was 16 I won a great victory
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I felt in that moment I would live to be 100
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Now I know I shall not see 30
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None of us know our end really
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or what hand will guide us there
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A king may move a man
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A father may claim a son
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That man can also move himself
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And only then does that man truly begin his own game
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Remember how so ever you are played
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or by whom your soul is in your keeping alone
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even though those who presume to play you be kings or men of power
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When you stand before God you cannot say
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But I was told by others to do thus
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or that virtue was not convenient at the time
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This will not suffice
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Remember that
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I will
Available in 7 languages
Duration
154 seconds
Views
3,386
Timestamp in Movie
01:01:25
Uploaded
Feb 25, 2026
Production
Scott Free Productions,BK,KOH,Reino del Cielo,Inside Track 3,20th Century Fox,Babelsberg Film

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Movie Summary

Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the Crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.

Actors

Orlando Bloom
Balian De Ibelin
Michael Shaeffer
Young Sergeant