[ExI] Polish Vienna and other blasphemies :-) (was: two years in the slammer for blammisphy?)

[Tomasz Rola]

On Wed, 19 May 2010, ddraig wrote:

> On 13 May 2010 08:06, Tomasz Rola <rtomek at ceti.pl> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Well, Swedes got what they came for, even if they didn't intended to be
> > fed with it. They also got what we didn't wanted to give them and took it
> > away, back to Sweden :-). But the whole war with them (and their numerous
> > allies) was unnecessary and they weakened us a lot. Of course, finally,
> > once again, we prevailed. But this time, I feel the price was high. The
> > damage they did was so high that we called their invasion the Deluge.
> >
> >
> Subject of a fantastic, fantastic, fantastic movie of the same name,
> considered the best mediaeval movie ever made by most re-enactors.
> Okay it is not mediaeval but hey, we are desperate for anything historical
> and non-crap
> 
> I can only find it in polish, though :(
> 
> Dwayne

Hello, Dwayne,

I think there are some subs for Potop/Deluge, but I am unsure of their 
quality. I was also able to spot the whole Trilogy on amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Jerzy-Hoffman-Trilogy-Sienkiewicz/dp/B0001Z4PRS

(is it ok if I post it here?). It's not cheap but according to 
description, it is almost 19 hours of nice stuff. I have watched it (in 
Polish TV actually) and Hoffman did marvels, IMHO.

For something more medieval, you might like "Krzyzacy" ("The knights of 
Teutonic Order") by Aleksander Ford, based on Sienkiewicz' book:

http://www.amazon.com/Krzyzacy-NTSC-Knights-Teutonic-Order/dp/B000DZC23K

Both seem to have rather good ratings, just in case (I rate them as 
great).

There is also something watchable on newer times (all by Andrzej Wajda):

"Pan Tadeusz" - based on Adam Mickiewicz' epic poem (Napoleonic era, great 
costumes!)

http://www.amazon.com/Pan-Tadeusz-Boguslaw-Linda/dp/B00074CC2I

"Promised Land" - based on Wladyslaw Reymont' book (beginnings of 
capitalism and industrialisation, very interesting)

http://www.amazon.com/Promised-Land-Directors-Daniel-Olbrychski/dp/B0000AZKJU

"Katyn" - a very sad story of murder of Polish prisoners of war, in 1940.

http://www.amazon.com/Katyn-Artur-Amijewski/dp/B0028YW3CE

Regards,
Tomasz Rola

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