06-19-2010, 04:29 PM
Three or four years ago I found a DVD of "The Warlord" on Amazon. It's from Brazil and you can just switch off the Portuguese subtitles to have the original product. The colors are a bit faded but otherwise it's excellent quality. This is the only movie I ever saw that got the social implications of the armor right. Heston, as the warlord of the title, has the latest, up-to-date hauberk with long sleeves and almost ankle-length hem. His brother, the lesser knight, has a Hastings-style hauberk, knee-length with wide, elbow-length sleeves. Richard Boone, as the armiger, has a sleeveless mail vest. All the other warriors wear leather or quilted coats studded here and there with bits of metal. Of course, the mail is fake but the real stuff wasn't available more than 40 years ago and it's pretty good fake mail.
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