but upon seeing that Hawkwood and Arnolfini have recovered from their wounds and have returned with an army, Martin flees to the belfry. Steven frees himself and, as the battle rages, races to find Agnes. During the fighting, the belfry catches fire. Before long, all the mercenaries but Martin, Polly, Anna, and Little John are dead. Martin confronts Agnes. She claims that she loves him, but he prepares to murder her rather than allow her to return to Steven. As Martin is strangling Agnes, Steven attacks. Martin overpowers Steven and almost drowns him, but Agnes strikes Martin on the head, and she and Steven flee the blazing castle and reunite with Hawkwood. As Agnes and Steven embrace, Agnes sees Martin over Steven's shoulder, escaping from the castle, a sack of loot on his shoulder. She says nothing. Cast Rutger Hauer as Martin, mercenary leader Jennifer Jason Leigh as Agnes, virgin daughter of an aristocrat Tom Burlinson as Steven, learned son of Arnolfini Jack Thompson as Hawkwood, a captain of mercenaries Fernando Hilbeck as Arnolfini, feudal lord Susan Tyrrell as Celine, a drunken prostitute attached to Martin Ronald Lacey as Cardinal, a visionary Brion James as Karsthans, a mercenary Bruno Kirby as Orbec, a mercenary Simon Andreu as Miel, a mercenary John Dennis Johnston as Summer, a mercenary Marina Saura as Polly, a prostitute Kitty Courbois as Anna Jake Wood as Little John, Anna's son Nancy Cartwright as Kathleen, Agnes's lady-in-waiting Héctor Alterio as Niccolo Blanca Marsillach as Clara Jorge Bosso as Sterz Mario De Barros as Herman Hans Veerman as Father George, a physician Ida Bons as Roly Poly Jaime Segura as Lord of the Castle Bettina Brenner as Lady of the Castle Siobhan Hayes as Child of the Castle Susan Beresford as Sturdy Woman Mònica Lucchetti as Tongueless Girl Anne Lockhart as Wife Production After tiring of attempting to have his controversial Dutch films subsidized by the government, Verhoeven looked elsewhere for funding for Flesh and Blood, eventually securing most of the budget from Hollywood studio Orion Pictures. However, Orion soon requested changes, feeling that the film needed a love interest; thus, instead of focusing on the relationship between Hawkwood and Martin, Agnes was introduced and attention turned to her romantic entanglement with both Martin and Steven. Verhoeven later said: "The triangular relationship [of] Martin–Agnes–Steven is now the main story line, but in retrospect I think we should have