Monday, 12 September 2022

Siege of Vienna 1683 Jan III Sobieski cavalry charge

 Today's anniversary. From this film

3 comments:

Ray Rousell said...

Excellent! What film is this from?

Ralphus said...

It has different titles but this one https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Siege:_September_Eleven_1683

Anonymous said...

Clever use of the LOTR music and some dialogue. I’ve never thought of it this way but the relief of Helm’s Deep mirrors the relief of Vienna. Cavalry attacking down a mountain too.
Wonder if Tolkien had Vienna in mind?
Chris/Nundanket