With the film being set around the 13th Century, this means the sword would have been forged in either the second half of the 11th or first half of the 12th Centuries.
Anachronism Stew: Navarre claims his massive two-handed sword has been in his family for five generations. All Crimes Are Equal: In Aquila, you can be hanged for theft just the same as murder. He blames himself for the Bishop finding out about Navarre and Isabeau, thinking he must have let the secret slip during one of his benders. It's supposed to be inescapable you know. The Alcatraz: The prison Philippe was sent to. He'd like to get away clean but he has to help the leading man and lady. Action Survivor: Philippe escapes from prison and then runs from the Bishop's guards. Though it's a very tight squeeze, even for a skinny teenager. 
Absurdly Spacious Sewer: Philippe climbs through it to get in and out. For the disgraced monk Imperius knows a way to break the curse, but it will only be possible while the Bishop is alive. Navarre plans to use Philippe's knowledge of the sewers to infiltrate Aquila and slay the Bishop, but his obsession might lead to tragedy. When she chose Navarre, the jealous Bishop called down a curse on them: by day Navarre is human and Isabeau is a hawk by night Isabeau is herself but Navarre is a wolf. Not only was he the former Captain of the guard, he and the Bishop once loved the same woman, Isabeau d'Anjou (Pfeiffer). Navarre has a score to settle with the Bishop. 
The Bishop's guardsmen pursue and corner Philippe, but Etienne of Navarre (Hauer) unexpectedly comes to his rescue, aided by his fierce and beautiful hawk. Said prison and the lands around it are controlled by a corrupt Bishop (Wood), and he is none too pleased to hear of Philippe's escape (the prison is supposed to be inescapable, after all). In the medieval French town of Aquila, a young thief named Philippe the Mouse (Broderick) escapes prison by sneaking through the sewers. A 1985 fantasy/adventure film directed by Richard Donner, with a cast featuring both a number of veteran actors (such as John Wood, Rutger Hauer, and Leo McKern) and young actors who would go on to become household names ( Matthew Broderick and Michelle Pfeiffer).
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