I couldn't think where else to put a film review so here goes............
I went to see The Battle for Warsaw 1920 in glorious 3D. The film is set in the early years of the new Poland after it's emergence of being dominated by Germany, Russia and Austria following WW1. The new coutry is struggling for it's identity and independence when to the east the Bolsheviks decided to spread the word westwards to Poland and beyond.
The plot of the film is centered around the relationship of a carbaret singer and her soon to be husband who decides that his duty lies with enlisting with the Polish army. The film concentrates on his journey eastwards towards the Red Army who is steamrolling over the opposition. A rich background of historical figures are threaded throught the film including Lenin and Marshal Pilsudski the Polish mastermind of his country's defence.
The film is exceedingly well made and captures the period very well with great detail paid to uniforms, weapons, architecture and the atmosphere of a new fledgling country which is comprised of previously separate ethnic groups coming together in the new Poland.
The 3D effects are stunning, although on a pesonal point I did feel that they were overused and the special effects give a grim feel to the bloodiness of war. On a wargaming note there is massess to saviour from the rag tag Red cavalry, maxim guns, cossacks, Polish lancers and the Renault FT tank. As this little known war (from the Western European view that is) has been overshadowed by the conflagration of World War One it is with pride that the Polish director Jerzy Hoffman portrays the events which were later suppressed by the communists. Stalin appears in the film to cast a shadow into the future of 1939.
For anyone interested in this period it is a must and to everyone else it is strongly recommended as a good film that you can take the missus or mister along to as well. You won't be disappointed!
Hope it does well, it would be fun to see something interesting in 3D
Ooh, just getting into the East 1914-1920. Got "Quiet flows the Don" on order. This sounds like a goodie as well!
DP
DP, guess by now you've seen "Quiet flows the Don".
If it was the same DVD I bought, with Rupert Everett, you have my comiiserations :(
Rupert Everett as a young Cossack - the mind boggles! =)
Let's just say less than convincing shall we :-\