The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683

2012 [ITALIAN]

Action / Adventure / Drama / History / War

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 38%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 38% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.4/10 10 2357 2.4K

swordplay siege 17th century ottoman empire

Plot summary

In the summer of 1683, 300 000 Ottoman Empire's warriors begin the siege of Vienna. City's fall, will open way to conquer the Europe. The Sept 11 is the day of main battle between Polish cavalry under the King Jan III Sobieski and Turks.

Director

Renzo Martinelli Photo
Renzo Martinelli

Top cast

Edward Linde-Lubaszenko Photo
Edward Linde-Lubaszenko as Jan Andrzej Morsztyn
F. Murray Abraham Photo
F. Murray Abraham as Marco D'Aviano
Daniel Olbrychski Photo
Daniel Olbrychski as Marcin Kazimierz Katski
Stefan Iancu Photo
Stefan Iancu as Kara Mustafa's son
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817.33 MB
1280*720
Italian 2.0
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25.000 fps
1 hr 54 min
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1.85 GB
1920*1080
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles it  
25.000 fps
1 hr 54 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by AttyTude0 5 / 10

Make your own decision

Well, I see that posters either loved this film, or hated it.It is more than obvious that those who hated it did so for political reasons. Pick any reason. The uniforms are not accurate. The history is all wrong (yeah, everybody is a history professor). It's racist (but you expected that would pop up, didn't you). It's only for Catholics (well, finally something for Catholics). The acting is bad (I've seen worse).Someone complained that F. Murray Abraham spends the whole film screaming. Er, no. Only in two scenes. In one he was addressing an entire army. And in another he was trying to make himself heard over the thunder of battle. May I politely remind our distinguished critic that there were no microphones in those days?It also looks like that the mention of the date of the event - Sept 11 - went down some tender throats like battery acid. Yeah, those historical coincidences are a (bleep). Haters of this film also wasted no time pointing out that critics panned the film (and we know that critics are infallible). Well, consider it from their perspective. These exalted critics must have remembered what happens when a certain religion is mentioned in an unfavorable light (Charlie Hebdo, anyone?). So maybe the critics panned the film more out of prudence than displeasure.Is the film perfect? No. Is is 100% accurate? I NEVER saw a 'historical' film that got the historical facts 100% right. And I've been around a good bit. But I enjoyed Day of the Siege.IAC, watch the film and make your own decision. A quaint concept, I know. But some of us still believe stick to it.
Reviewed by jamalking15 8 / 10

Faith in times of adversity

F. Murray Abraham does a great job portraying Marco D'Aviano. His first speech in the movie is magnificent. But also does a great job throughout the movie depicting the faith of a priest in world changing times. Although a Catholic priest, the faith presented is quite ecumenical. This is less an historical drama and more of a reflection on the impact of one man's faith on an event of major impact in history. The only weakness of the film is the low budget CG during the battle scenes, which probably could have been reduced anyway, for the strength of the movie lies in the dialogue and quality acting. Although I am not an historian, I think the ideological representations are quite accurate as well as the challenges and conflicts the leaders faced making decisions to deal with the impending threats of invasion. Truly worth the time to watch and quite memorable.
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