This film is based on a 13th century European story of a beautiful lady, a stalwart knight and The Mouse. The Mouse (Phillipe Gaston, played by Matthew Broderick) is a small-time thief who...

This film is based on a 13th century European story of a beautiful lady, a stalwart knight and The Mouse. The Mouse (Phillipe Gaston, played by Matthew Broderick) is a small-time thief who escapes from the dungeons of the medieval French city of Aquila. Pursued by the city guards, the Mouse is rescued by a mysterious knight named Etienne Navarre (Rutger Hauer). Since Gaston is the only person ever to have escaped from Aquila, Navarre enlists his help in getting back into the city so that he may find the man he has sworn to kill… the evil Bishop of Aquila. Despite his fear, Gaston is drawn ever further into intrigue and adventure as he begins to learn the tragic story of the knight, the hawk he travels with, and the black wolf that seems to be following them.