V for Vendetta (2005)
John Hurt, as Adam Sutler, stands in front of the symbol of the Norsefire Party, a variant of the Patriarchal Cross, while a variant of the "Croix de Lorraine" appears on the podium. The film makers' intent, if there is one, is unclear. It would depend on whether they viewed the cross as a symbol of the masonic Knights Templar, the Free French resistance movement or the Catholic Vatican.
The word sutler, originally a verb meaning to do the dirty work, later referred to a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
V for Vendetta (2005) Directed by James McTeigue, screenplay by Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski. Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Rupert Graves, Roger Allam, Ben Miles, Sinéad Cusack, Natasha Wightman, John Standing, Eddie Marsan, Clive Ashborn, Emma Field-Rayner. 132 min. USA | UK | Germany, English, Color, Dolby.
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