Watching this was a chore. It is, for the entire length of the film, nothing but anti-German Propaganda. The Teutonic Knights are played by steel-eyed doofuses. The battle scenes are terrible; repetitive editing, horse riders jumping off horses for no reason, and no one is ever hit by a weapon it seems. Plus, there's not enough extras to fill in the gaps for the battle so it looks like a small fight between inept idiots.
The Polish are played by good natured nobles, and there's an annoying quote to "god" about every 20 seconds.
It is the typical juvenile nonsense that you found from Zoviet backed Slavic countries that started with director Sergei Eisenstein's Aleksandr Nevskiy (1938), another overrated anti-German Propaganda movie.
I can't recommend this since it's so tepid and dull.
The Polish are played by good natured nobles, and there's an annoying quote to "god" about every 20 seconds.
It is the typical juvenile nonsense that you found from Zoviet backed Slavic countries that started with director Sergei Eisenstein's Aleksandr Nevskiy (1938), another overrated anti-German Propaganda movie.
I can't recommend this since it's so tepid and dull.