Product ReviewsPan Tadeusz (DVD, 2005)

Great historical fiction with typically wonderful Euro-style scene editing

The movie tells a fictional story of noble-class Poles living in Russian-occupied modern-day Lithuania (which at the 1812 time-set of this story was a part of Poland) just prior to Napoleon's combined French and Polish army's advance to Vilnius from where the invasion of the Russian state began. The significance is that the Polish noble class began to be destroyed by Russia after Napoleon lost that war (to the benefit of the peasant serfs), which was the ancient precursor of the 150 year saga of Poland's struggle to become the modern current Polish Republic.

The movie was made in collaboration with French producers and the English subtitles (don't forget to enable them before starting) are a bit bizarre, apparently because they were dictated by French speakers with only a modicum of knowledge of the English language.

For real understanding by a non-Polish language speaker, it will have to replayed two or three times. However, it is wonderful-enough of a film to be enjoyed more and more with each successive viewing.Read full review...

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