, ▁Sal adin , ▁and ▁saves ▁his ▁life . ▁Sal adin ▁thanks ▁Arn ▁by ▁warning ▁him ▁away ▁from ▁Jerusalem ▁because ▁he ▁is ▁leading ▁a ▁vast ▁army ▁towards ▁the ▁city . ▁As ▁Sal adin ▁march es ▁upon ▁Jerusalem , ▁Arn ▁is ▁given ▁the ▁order ▁to ▁intercept ▁the ▁Sar ac ens ▁before ▁they ▁reach ▁the ▁city , ▁and ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁men ▁successfully ▁amb ush ▁Sal adin ' s ▁army ▁in ▁a ▁mountain ▁pass ▁( the ▁amb ush ▁taking ▁the ▁place ▁of ▁the ▁historical ▁Battle ▁of ▁Mont g is ard ▁fig uring ▁in ▁the ▁novel ). ▁The ▁movie ▁ends ▁with ▁Arn ▁gain ing ▁a ▁letter ▁dis charg ing ▁him ▁from ▁his ▁service ▁in ▁the ▁Holy ▁Land ▁from ▁the ▁Tem pl ar ▁Grand master ▁Arnold ▁of ▁Tor ro ja ▁and ▁Cec ilia ▁giving ▁pra ise ▁to ▁God ▁on ▁hearing ▁news ▁of ▁Arn ' s ▁surv ival . ▁ ▁Production ▁The ▁film ▁production ▁was ▁head ed ▁by ▁Sv ensk ▁Film indust ri ▁in ▁conj unction ▁with ▁Film ▁i ▁V äst , ▁TV 4 ▁( Sw eden ), ▁Dan marks ▁Radio ▁( Den mark ), ▁Y LE ▁( Fin land ), ▁TV ▁ 2 ▁( N or way ) ▁and ▁Tele pool ▁( G erm any ). ▁With ▁a ▁total ▁budget ▁of ▁around ▁US ▁$ 3 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁for ▁the ▁whole ▁production , ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁most ▁expensive ▁production ▁in ▁Sc and in av ian ▁film ▁history . ▁SV T ▁originally ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁biggest ▁spons ors ▁of ▁the ▁project