Legions

2019 [POLISH]

Action / Drama / History / Romance / War

18
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 867 867

world war i independence poland

Director

Dariusz Gajewski Photo
Dariusz Gajewski

Top cast

Mateusz Nedza Photo
Mateusz Nedza as Uhlan
Jakub Kamienski Photo
Jakub Kamienski as Quartermaster
Antoni Pawlicki Photo
Antoni Pawlicki as Jerzy 'Topór' Kisielnicki
Piotr Zurawski Photo
Piotr Zurawski as 'Zyga'
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1.25 GB
1280*534
Polish 2.0
NR
Subtitles
24 fps
2 hr 20 min
Seeds ...
2.48 GB
1920*800
Polish 5.1
NR
Subtitles
24 fps
2 hr 20 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by denis888 5 / 10

Far From Perfect

This is what happens when excellent camera work, great cinematography, very tasteful color scheme, pretty promising ideas clash with hasty tempo, very surfac-y delivery, thin character development, very sketchy plot.What makes it really annoying, is the fact of how many new people appear in the course of the movie... and then disappear. You simply have no time to sympathize or hate anyone there.It seems that filmmakers had a grand vast array of plot lines but lack of time and finance made it cut short and abrupt.Having said that, the battle scenes are shot well, Russians speak without any accent, but then, again, they were not all bearded or talking about vodka or so cruel.Even Pan Jozef Pilsudski is shown in a very weird and sketchy style... pity.Several great Polish actors have very little screen time, which is also a huge minus here.Pity, but the promising movie failed, not with a dull plod but with a faint whimp rather.I expected more... I am rather dillusioned now.
Reviewed by hof-4 6 / 10

Polish history

By the beginning of WWI Poland did not exist as a country; it was partitioned among Russia. The Austro-Hungarian Empire and Prussia.. When war broke out Poland's nationalists saw an opportunity to to use the upheaval to procure the reinstatement and independence of Poland. The first priority was to defeat Tsarist Russia. The Poles were no supporters of the Central Powers but believed that the rest of the occupying powers could later be persuaded (or forced) to leave.The formation of the Polish Legions was declared by Marshall Józef Pilsudski in August 1914 as independent formations of the Austro-Hungarian Army. The Legions only existed for two years (in 1916 they merged with other military formations) but participated in many battles and became one of the founding myths of modern Poland.This movie covers the beginnings of the Legions and some of its initial battles, centering on three fictional characters, Legion members Józek and Tadeusz and Aleksandra, fighter and war nurse. There are Hollywood echoes, such as the heroic exploits of Józek and Tadeusz, and credibility is strained here and there such as in the blowing up of a bridge. The film does not really come together into a coherent whole, and it feels at times slow paced and overlong. It omits history, which possibly means it was aimed towards the Polish public. On the positive side, it does not preach or propagandize and contains some stirring war scenes such as a cavalry charge over enemy trenches. Production values and acting are of high level. It amply deserves to a watch.
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