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One of the worst movies I've ever seen

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

This movie appears to have no rating but I wouldn't recommend watching it for those who have any sense of morals and decency and are Christian. The description on the box does give a clue however. It mentions lusty trysts and that is indeed what occurs here. Tadeusz appears to be lusting after Telimena who is in turn is lusting after him. You can see that she gives him the key to her room and in the middle of the night he goes in to her. Just about throughout the whole movie, this Telemina wears about the lowest cut dress she can get away with. Even worse, in one scene the camera zooms in on her bosom to emphasize the lust of Tadeusz and her seductive dress. Here is a woman who is old enough to be his mother. Then this Tadeusz dumps her for the much younger (14 year old!) Zosia and goes off and marries her in the end. As a Polish-American, I am embarrassed that this is the best that an epic poem by Adam Mickiewicz can produce assuming that the movie is faithful to the book. The family feud is an embarrassment also where the Warden had nothing on his mind but rage and revenge for the Slopica family. This feud leads to almost bloodshed but later there is bloodshed as the Poles and the Russians mindlessly slaughter each because of an insult to the Major of the Russian troops. I gave it one star for its immodesty, otherwise I would have rated it higher. I would give it zeros stars if I could. It seems that movie makers can't produce much of anything nowadays if it doesn't have sex or violence in it.

Andrzej Wajda has been a great director at least as far back as "Kanal" in 1957. Tough films, provocative themes.But why the costume drama? I really wish he'd left this one alone.It's not unlike 1999's other bloated Polish historical epic, "Ogniem i mieczem" ("With Fire and Sword"). Here again Poles put aside their differences to prove they're the greatest people, or at least the greatest Slavs, on Bóg's green earth. Rah, rah. A crowd of Polish lesser gentry (rabble) armed with swords can defeat trained Russian musketry any day.And, yes, I am of Polish descent myself, although I'm embarrassed to admit it in this jingoistic context. That's why I was at the special screening in the first place, sponsored by Toronto's Polish newspaper."Pan Tadeusz" shares another characteristic with its elephantine contemporary: its ability to confuse non-Polish-speaking members of the audience with its vast number of characters and their poorly defined interrelationships.Both films too have a sudsy quality. So did "Gone With The Wind", but then character definition makes that historical epic a success. Tadeusz and Zosia are indistinct phantoms as personalities. Certainly no Rhett or Scarlett."With Fire and Sword" is more melodramatic than "Pan Tadeusz", but it's also more exciting. This film has a laudable grandeur which Wajda brings to the proceedings, but still I wish he'd picked a subject with a bit more substance.Wojciech Kilar can be congratulated on his score. And Daniel Olbrychski is always good to see, even with scars all over his head.It should be noted that Polish-speaking spectators at the theatre appeared to find this film quite enjoyable. They would be chuckling at clever turns of phrase in the dialogue, while the English titles would be saying something indescribably prosaic. Evidently the film loses nearly everything in translation.

The best movie I seen in a long time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences should have made this movie a nominee for the FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM category at the 2000 Oscar's (I think the Academy is biased against such true works of art and history). This movie above all others should have been nominated, what is wrong with the Academy?Excellent movie! Wajda has done an excellent job. Wajda is indeed the world's greatest movie director. Congratulations to Wajda on the Oscar you deserve it more than anyone else.

I saw this film last month. It was incredible film - but few people want give this movie the Oscar Award (!) I think that people in America don't understand this movie. Film was created by story Adam Mickiewicz's "Pan Tadeusz" (XIX age). Mickiewicz was the best poet in Poland, but only for us.