Gates to Paradise

Gates to Paradise — Plot

In 1212, a Children's Crusade is launched after a young shepherd, Jacques de Cloyes, claims to have had a vision in which it is said that the innocence of children would be able to liberate Jerusalem. A monk, returning from Holy Land, joins the crusade and hears the children's confessions, gradually realizing that most of them are taking part not for religious, but for more worldly reasons, like rejected love and hopes for freedom, the true nature of their enthusiasm is homosexual. In fact, if the children follow Jacques, it is more for romantic than religious reasons. They take literally the famous phrase: “Love one another”.

• Release date
• May 31, 1968
• Runtime
• 89 min
• Genres
• History, Drama
• Director
• Andrzej Wajda

Gates to Paradise — Cast

Lionel Stander The Monk

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John Fordyce Jacques de Cloyes Mathieu Carrière Alexis Melissen Ferdy Mayne Count Ludovic de Vendôme Pauline Challoner Blanche Jenny Agutter Maud de Cloyes Denis Gilmore Robert Kynaston Reeves The Prior