Day of the Siege (2012)

Admirable film.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

The acting in this movie is really good.

This film was cheap try to change the history,it is sad how such people like Renzo Martinelli could live with such lies,i ask every one to read the history to see by his own eyes how the facts was changed and many true events was hidden,the only true thing in the film is the fail attempt to occupies Viena but the whole thing around this movie was clear lie, i believe strongly it is cheap crusade attempt to attract people and show different massages to the Christian audience about Christianity after the church lost its supporters and recourses,honestly it is crap low and cheap lies,before saying any thing read the history from neutral western recourse's to see how Renzo Martinelli this radical crusade tryed to fake the history,specially about the women prostitutes and the death of the Turkish leader and why or how they lost this battle,without the betraying(when smaller leader in the Turkish army allowed the polish army to pass through the bridge behind the Turkish army without stopping them) the ottoman army wouldn't lost this battle Pro Rayan

Contrary to other reviewers I found The Day of The Siege to be an excellent film well grounded in history. The Mouslem Turks in 1683 advanced from Constantinople to Vienna for a second attempt at unlocking the door to Western Europe. The push on Vienna led a century earlier by the intrepid Turkish Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent had been repulsed.The Mouslem general The Vizier Mustafa leads a mighty horde of Turks and their allies and invests the City. True to Mouslem principles, Mustafa offers the inhabitants an opportunity to surrender peacefully. Though abandoned by the Emperor, the scratch force making up the garrison agrees to fight on.It is at this juncture that Mustafa makes the critical mistake. An ally suggests a cover force to protect the besieging forces from an attack from the North. Convinced that the terrain is too difficult, Mustafa ignores the recommendation and concentrates his forces on the siege with a great deal of initial success: The Turks break the wall. Fatefully Mustafa hesitates. Historians speculate that he wanted to swallow the city whole so that marauding Jannisaries didn't loot and destroy an important commercial center and base of operations for a further push into Germany badly divided by civil war between Christian factions.Mustafa's delay gives the Polish King Jan III just enough time to drag his canon through hostile terrain to attack the Turks and relieve the outnumbered garrison.I think the film was an excellent portrayal of Mustafa as an honorable warrior who made two strategic blunders, of Jan III who appreciated the first rule of strategy: attack where the enemy never expects to find you and of the Holy Roman Emperor who prefigured The Bush's flight on a different 9-11 when he abandoned his wife, his capital and his country to run away.

I will give it 6/10. Why? Well its not for the acting, not the effects, well not even for the story! Lets first define that is was a low budget movie, 13 mil dollars is not much for a movie now a days. It also took them 10 years to raise the movie so obviously its been difficult. It is incredible that there has been no movie made from this event which is maybe the most important historical event in the history of Europe, maybe even Christianity. Why? We have seen movies about the crusades (Kingdom of Heaven and the knight templar). But in the end they are all subject to political correctness. I fact these very films I just mention is filled with it. Stamping on Christianity, nationalism, Europe while glorifying the amazing peaceful muslims (trust me I don't defend the crusades, who does!) If we were to make a high budget film of the Battle of Vienna I know the outcome and it makes me vomit. So this is why the film is so great. It actually portrays a more "accurate" setting and finally glorify Christianity just a little bit! For once a film in this category and time setting is free from political correctness and "halal-hornyness" No! its a 7/10! Now this movie has some pointers I found with my "mindset". These are just ideas and I cant base it on much. But if im right and you will decide if I am then it was a powerful message.1. The movie has a point with the islamification of Europe. The immigration, high birth rates and slow but progressive transformation of the Christian-European values into Islamic ones (such as halal meat in schools and institutions, ban of Christmas decorations, end of Christmas carols in schools and much more) 2. The movie mentioned, raids in h'Hungary. Are these the rape, crime, violence and terrorist attacks we see in western europe? 3. The Holy Roman emperor (Germany and Austria) weak and passive attitude towards the on coming threat. Symbols of the German domination of the EU (and frau Merkel) who refuses to stand up and defend Europe. 4. Poland. The country that all the other western Euro countries hate for their unwillingness to submit to the EU monster. And yet, the country that actually saved us all. Now going to 2015 and the millions of unthankful, violent and Islamic migrants currently walking through our defensless borders (with no thanks to Germany and Austria!) there is one country who really shows backbone. Oh yes! Poland. Recently during Polands national holiday there was a demonstration against Islamic migrants in Europe. Some estimates say there was 200,000 protesters! In most western countries a similar protest is HUGE if it can muster maybe 500! Will Poland save Europe again? Only time will tell.5. The turk living in Italy. Oh yes the monk screamed "He is one of us" as we say about the muslims in Europe. Yet when it comes down to the final choice for them, Europe or Islam, they will stab us in the back and join the jihad banners. While this is a strong one we do see the high about of ISIS fighters coming from Europe, plus the amount of local support for them. Its an invisible enemy we cant see until they strike.6. and this is the last one (I promise to expand if I remember more pointers). The deaf woman. Is she the symbol of the weak minded and "ethnic" horny western women? Who despite being rejected and mistreated multiple times by their Muslim......"lover?" STILL remain loyal and submissive despite the useless situation their live in? Wauw....this last one I was actually in doubt with and I even laughed at myself but maybe this was the best point of them all.

... this was a great hour and a half !!!... was it historically accurate ??? I really don't know and neither does anyone else ... ... movies are for entertainment, documentaries & seminars are for education ~ I was entertained. The cinematography was good, acting was fair to good ... a little long (for my taste) IMHO I think it reminded me that both faith & history a) have a place, b) have flesh and blood under their shadows, and 3) that God is not dead and never was.Good job even if people on both sides are disappointed.