* Before the events of the film take place, Balian's wife kills herself after her child is stillborn. When we first see Balian, he is seen in a depressed mood and imprisoned for suspected blasphemy.
* The scene in the Director's Cut in which Sibylla [[spoiler:[[OffingTheOffspring poisons her own son to death]]]] [[ShootTheDog after discovering that he]], [[DelicateAndSickly like his uncle King Baldwin IV]], [[ShootTheDog has leprosy]].
* Baldwin's death.
* The scene that cuts off before Reynauld rapes and murders Saladin's sister. She clearly knows she's going to be killed, [[FaceDeathWithDignity but is calm in the face of death,]] knowing her brother will avenge her.
* Closeup of the Knight Hospitaller's decapitated head after the Battle of Hattin.
* Saladin himself will pass away from illness shortly after the end of the 3rd Crusade, leaving future generations to wonder what Islam-Christian relations might’ve become if he’d lived longer.
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