[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I just bought DAY OF THE SIEGE.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1899285/

While not up to the standards of the epics from the Bronson studios in the 1960s (55 DAYS AT PEKING, EL CID, FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE), it is still a good movie.
It was listed as a WAR/FANTASY. I saw no fantasy in it.

If given a BIG budget the story of the siege of Vienna (Or even Lepanto)would be fascinating, but it probably would not sell in the moslem countries so Hollywood will continue to churn out high dollar super hero crap.

Some of the best movies today are turned out by small foreign studios.

[wtd]

I often lament the disappearance of a major project called "Victoria" from Poland. Did growing censorship of negative inference of anything dealing with Islam and Muhammedans play a part in the absolute silence (scrubbing from the web) from Polands ” Victoria ” projects ($50m Euro budget film, theme park, museum) based on the story of the Polish victory in the 1683 Battle of Vienna. Possible highlights were to include Hollywood cast and “Lord of the Rings” special effects crew…discussed even here sometime in in 2007-08? The original links to the project included incredibly beautiful soundtrack samples and historic details of some of the featured characters. Shame it’s no longer online. story discussing the Victoria project, via local life/krakow in 2007

[arthurus]

I just read John Stoye's Siege of Vienna It is much more enlightening to read a good history than to watch a movie.