This history film is about the events before the famous Grunwald battle between Teutonic knights and the joint Polish-Lithuanian forces. It depicts Polish sufferings under the grasp of the greedy Order. I think this is a very weak film even by the standards of the 60-s which produced lots of poor historical films. But for a modern viewer it becomes practically unwatchable. The story line is quite simple and predictable, the characters are depicted in a primitive black and white fashion. The script leaves no places for acting and psychological development of the characters. The costumes are very rudimentary as well, all identical and as if cut from paper. Finally the history is altered and dumbed down to become a boring patriotic poster.
Review of Knights of the Teutonic Order
