Knights of the Teutonic Order Boxshot
Knights of the Teutonic Order
Poland 1960
Length: 165 minutes Certificate: PG
Sound: Original Mono (restored)
Colour 1.77:1 16x9 Enhanced
Language: Polish
Subtitles: English On/Off
buyPAL R0  RRP: £12.99
Release Date: 16 October 2006
Considered as one of the greatest and most popular Polish films of all time, this epic is a spectacular historical romance and war film set in the Middle Ages. Based on the best-selling book by Nobel Prize winner Henryk Sienkiewicz (Quo Vadis), the epic scope of Knights compares with the best in Hollywood epics and is a film for viewers of all ages.

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Special Features
- Digitally re-mastered with restored image and sound.

- Anamorphic 16:9 enhanced for widescreen televisions.

- New and improved English subtitle translation.

- Optimal quality dual-layer disc.

- Booklet featuring Essay on Aleksander Ford by scholar Anna Misiak.


The film's producers and Film Polski have confirmed that the only accessible source master of Knights of the Teutonic Order is the one we are releasing here. Although presented in widescreen anamorphic, please note that the image at 1.77:1 is NOT at the film's originally projected Dyaliscope ratio.

The film has been digitally re-mastered and newly-subtitled. But, due to the age and condition of the source master, there remains visual 'noise' that could not be removed without compromising the integrity of the whole film and is most evident in the opening scene. We believe, however, that Aleksander Ford's work and a film such as Knights should still be made available to be seen and re-discovered.
Main Cast and Crew
Jagienka - Urszula Modrzynska
Danusia - Grazyna Staniszewska
Jurand of Spychow - Andrzej Szalawski
Siegfried de Lowe - Henryk Borowski
Macko of Bogdaniec - Aleksander Fogiel
Zbyszko of Bogdanca - Mieczyslaw Kalenik
King Wladyslaw Jagiello - Emil Karewicz
Rotgier - Tadeusz Kosudarski
Duchess Anna Danuta - Lucyna Winnicka

Directed by Aleksander Ford
Written by Jerzy Stefan Stawinski, Aleksander Ford and Leon Kruczkowski
Based on the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Cinematography - Mieczyslaw Jahoda
Editor - Alina Faflik and Miroslawa Garlicka
Original Music - Kazimierz Serocki
Production Designer - Roman Mann & Tadeusz Wybult Costumes - Lech Zahorski and Michelle Zahorska

Appreciation
"An epic film and one of the best of its genre" - Kinema

"Highlighted by impressive battle scenes, this epic is set at the turn of the 14th century and focuses on events leading to the Battle of Grunwald" - Turner Classic Movies


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