
Aristocratic Fury
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"We regarded war as entertainment, but it is a very real profession that wins and loses empires."
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Polish heavy cavalry and Teutonic Knights clashing at the Battle of Grunwald in 1410, depicted in Polish movie Krzyżacy (1960). No CGI, no grey filter. Multitude of extras and historically accurate colorful banners instead, helping to recognize the armies in the dust.
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This movie Illyricum (2022) went for linguistic accuracy. Alongside Latin (spoken by the Romans), linguistic experts also tried their best to reconstruct the ancient Illyrian language. Look at the sinister scene of Illyrian barbarian praying to goddess Anzotica, vowing revenge.
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The most imposing depictions of Ottoman Empire you're ever going to find on screen can be found in Romanian movies filmed during communist times. A compilation of clips of Ottoman army invading from the movie Stephen the Great - Vaslui 1475 (1975), featuring thousands of extras.
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This is how Alsatian language sounds. I found a rare video of football manager Arsène Wenger speaking in his native Alsatian. The former Arsenal manager grew up in a small village of Duttlenheim, where everybody spoke Alsatian, and only learned French in school.
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Romanian actor Stefan Sileanu in movie Vlad Țepeș (1979). He has such striking physical resemblance to real historic Vlad Dracula and looked really imposing and intimidating in the role. You knew that every time he got angry, many people are going to get impaled.
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