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18 de abr. de 2024 · The film portrays King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem as wearing a mask to hide his leprosy, but this is not based on historical evidence. Learn why the mask is a creative liberty and how the film depicts the Third Crusade.
6 de may. de 2005 · Kingdom of Heaven: Directed by Ridley Scott. With Martin Hancock, Michael Sheen, Nathalie Cox, Eriq Ebouaney. 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.
Baldwin’s mask was in place to obscure his diagnosis of leprosy. A common ailment at the time, Baldwin would get sicker and sicker throughout his reign as his body rotted away.
Kingdom of Heaven is a 2005 epic historical drama film directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by William Monahan. It features an ensemble cast including Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson, Marton Csokas, and Liam Neeson.
In the Ridley Scott film Kingdom of Heaven, Baldwin IV of Jerusalem is depicted wearing an ornate mask to hide his leprosy. Did the actual King Baldwin feel the need to conceal his condition in this way? How would contemporaries have perceived leprosy, and was this a cause of stigma against him?
Why exactly does King Baldwin in the film Kingdom of Heaven wear that cool mask? I'm just not finding reference to it on the web very easily and I've only seen parts of the movie. Is his mask historically accurate? Was it due to leprosy related deformities? Or something symbolic separate from that?
Baldwin IV (Edward Norton), although he did suffer from leprosy, did not wear a mask. Interestingly, director Ridley Scott claims on his DVD commentary track that Baldwin did in fact wear a mask. In this, he is inaccurate: Baldwin is never depicted in any contemporary source as masked, and no historical evidence exists to support Scott's claim.
