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The Nuremberg Campaign is halfway between Vávra's trilogy about the Hussite period and the peak films of František Vláčil. Its central idea is disillusionment and the vanity nurtured by years of revenge. The German knight does not achieve glory in the crusade against the Czech rebels, the Czech nobleman does not marry his beloved bride, and he is not even granted the satisfaction of revenge on the usurper. Yet the dead people around are all too real. It is evident from the set design that the Barrandov Studios truly represented a significant film center at that time, able to afford expensive productions. Overall impression: 75%. (16.01.2016)

A very good historical film with three acts, of which the first one with the cardinal played by Karel Höger is clearly the best, the second one is not as good and the third one is excellent mainly because of the ending. Petr Kostka portrayed Ondrej and his transformations impressively, Martin Růžek once again acted great... And, of course, Oldřich Daněk's imaginative and original direction also helped a lot. Perhaps only the final ambush could have been shown to us (I understand and approve that the big battles had to be omitted) and not just talked about.___P.S. I have reservations about the DVD from Filmexport. The picture quality is not great, but I could probably get over that. However, its cutting is not. Even the opening credits seemed suspicious. Later, Karel Höger spoke and the tip of his nose was visible, the title indicating the third chapter lost the number "3" and the final commentary did not fit into the picture from either side. Damn these bastards! (11.07.2014)