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Day of the Siege is a film of genre Drama directed by Renzo Martinelli with F. Murray Abraham

Day of the Siege (2012)

Day of the Siege
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Length 1h54
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Genres Drama,    War,    Adventure,    Historical
Rating43% 2.1564952.1564952.1564952.1564952.156495

The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 (Italian: 11 Settembre 1683, Polish title: Bitwa pod Wiedniem, literally: "The Battle of Vienna") is a 2012 English-language Polish and Italian historical drama film based on the 1683 Battle of Vienna and directed by Renzo Martinelli. The film was released on October 12, 2012.

Synopsis

Beginning after the First Siege of Vienna the century before, the film brings viewers through the various conflicts between European Christianity and Turkish Islam which led up to the events of September 11, 1683 and the Battle of Vienna. It shows the alleged circumstances of the 2nd siege of Vienna and the assault of Ottoman Turks led by Kara Mustafa (Enrico Lo Verso) against the Habsburg monarchy. The assault was stopped by King Jan III Sobieski (Jerzy Skolimowski), and curtailed Turkish expansion into European Christendom.

Actors

F. Murray Abraham

(Marco D'Aviano)
Enrico Lo Verso

(Karà Mustafà)
Alicja Bachleda-Curuś

(Eleonora Maria Giuseppina d'Austria)
Jerzy Skolimowski

(Giovanni III di Polonia)
Piotr Adamczyk

(Leopoldo I d'Asburgo)
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