The Fortress: By Shield and Sword (2015)
In the war-torn countryside, an orphan and his young friend use all their skills to defend their home and people from opposing forces.
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Redundant and unnecessary.
Awesome Movie
Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.
Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
I decided to watch it only due to my curiosity because I lived my whole life in Smolensk (where action takes place).It's normal, that fable should not be 100 % historically correct. But, not the way they did it, truth just turned inside out. And in the end there is storyteller voice that narrates future events like it all was complete truth. Unfortunately, can't give examples from story because it would be spoilers.In the rest: they portray fortress like it looks now, not like it should look four centuries back (it indicates level of laziness and incompetence of creators); city is definitely not even close to what should looks like Smolensk that times. Second, instead of moving to reconciliation with polands, movie portrays Sigismund III, king of Polish–Lithuanian (Lithuanian. Hey, creators!) Commonwealth, like a retard. Shame. However, polands do such things too (for example, Katyn movie is a silly profanation. No, I don't try to deny war crimes of SU). It's just a pity, both russians and polands continue to do same stuff in order to make each other look like bad guys. Yes, I agree with fact propaganda is have to be, but it should be healthy, patriotic, not to breed hate amongst nations.And the most sad thing this politic s*** pours out onto children heads.Could be a great family movie, because visuals are quite good.