In 13th century Villach, three women are accused by a priest of witchcraft, and are first hanged before being drowned. The priest performs a ritual on the three women using a book inscribed from the Key of Solomon so they can never return to life, but one of the women takes on a demonic appearance, sets the book on fire, and hangs the priest.
In the 14th century, German Teutonic Knights Sir Behmen von Bleibruck and Sir Felson join the Smyrniote crusades. After witnessing a civilian massacre during the capture of Smyrna, the two abandon their order and return to Austria.
Traveling through Styria, Behmen and Felson encounter people infected with the Black Death. Trying to conceal their identities as deserters, Behmen's sword crest exposes their identities and are arrested. They are taken to Cardinal D'Ambroise, who is near death from the plague. The Cardinal asks the knights to escort an alleged witch, suspected of causing the pestilence, to a remote monastery, where monks can perform a sacred ritual to cancel her powers and stop the plague. Behmen refuses, so D'Ambroise imprisons him and Felson where they meet the alleged witch, Anna.
- Nicolas Cage as Behmen
- Ron Perlman as Felson
- Stephen Campbell Moore as Debelzaq
- Claire Foy as the girl (Anna)
- Stephen Graham as Hagamar
- Ulrich Thomsen as Eckhardt
- Robert Sheehan as Kay
- Christopher Lee as Cardinal D'Ambroise
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