Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

A different way of telling a story

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

I confess I could only stomach about 45 minutes of this swill. The makers of this movie started off with a fairly good idea, the historical account of arguably one of the three most important battles of in the development of Western Europe, along with The Battle of Tours on 10 October 732, and Constantine's victory at the Milvian Bridge on 28 October 312.However, the film's producers allowed their idiotic biases & prejudices to get in the way of historical fact. The Italians making this movie, suffer from a bad case of Freudian transference. They insisted upon portraying the Austrian and Germans as cowardly, backstabbing and incompetent, you know, as if they were Borgias and Medicis. Further, as you will shortly see, the Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold I, had extensive experience at building alliances, particularly with Poland. He didn't need a Venetian monk to hold his hand.Like any good Austrian, I am grateful for the brave assistance of the Poles, and hold in high regard the longstanding friendship between Poland and Austria. However, our Polish friends need to remember that the same Leopold I cemented this friendship with the Austrian intervention, on behalf of Poland, against the Swedish invasion in the Second Northern War of 1657. 12,000 Austrian soldiers (mind - not Italian, but Austrian) helped drive off the Swedes in that war.In 1657, Brother Marco, the protagonist of this sad movie, was probably still popping pimples. Fifteen years later, in 1683, Leopold I was a savvy, experienced strategist who held off the French, and soundly thrashed the Ottomans. Yet he is portrayed as a vacillating dilettante. It is enough to make you reach for a barf bag.

This movie show mostly charismatic Marco d'Aviano and his role during siege of Vienna and the IMDb storyline didn't talk about this movie and you need put "September Eleven 1683" to the box with all Italian catholic films. Remember you can't confront it with high budget Hollywood productions. As catholics low budget movie for catholics audience is good. Also if you know history of Poland and expect historical film about the siege of Vienna REMEMBER this is NOT a film about the great victory of Sobieski, the Polish cavalry, or about the political intrigues of European sovereigns in the 17th century.From other hand matteo-cortigiani-1 are totally right about this movie. Now if any movie has positive view of Christians(especially Catholic) must be bed. Sad but true :-(

I know, the movie is bad. All the critics hit the nail. But...This movie is, how do they call them? Indie. this movie is the real "V for Vendetta". This movie did not receive any funding from the state, from the EU, from anyone, because it is not politically correct. It has no lesbian scenes, no incest, no sex among clergypersons, and tackles a topic too many European politicians would better seen buried under the thickest and farthest away carpet.After "masterpieces" of the like of "Kingdom of Heaven", or that Turkish movie on the siege of Constantinopolis (at least, righteously bashed by everyone), this movie was at least something to root for.I am still waiting for a decent movie on the siege of Malta, but I know I'll die without seeing it - so be it, one can't have everything in this life.Why 7 out of 10? That's why: I sympathize with all the Polish reviewers who killed this movie. You deserved a lot, but an awful lot, better. But really, at least this movie's heart is on the right side, and I am giving my 7 to its heart.Ciao

This is the absolute worst historical movie in the history of movies that I have ever seen! It is a tragedy for every historian on earth! It is an evil depiction of Islam and Turks. Showing Europeans to be so civilized and nice while Turks and Muslims to be blood thirsty beasts who have no goal but to kill and destroy! Let me give you a few scenes as examples of terrible fictitious history of this film. First, you absolutely can not prostrate to any man or thing on earth except for God. Kara Mustafa prostrated in front of the Sultan and a weird fortune teller in the mosque. Second, fortune tellers are prohibited in Islam. So not only he prostrated to people, he talked to a fortune teller in the middle of the mosque!!! The third, is the false history of the necklace that Marco gave Kara. That never happened! Every single scene in this movie from the Italian ruler to the Polish and Turk is the worst most evil depiction possible.