9/10
Impressive and exciting adaptation if a little cryptic for those who do not know the novel
3 February 2009
Warning: Spoilers
Enormously tasteful, colorful and dynamic movie, OIM is a reward for all the master's admirers, and a movie certainly more interesting than most of today's Hollywood's epics. An amazing epic, fast—paced and suspenseful, the tale of the fights between Polish, Cossack and Tartar armies, in the 17th century Polish kingdom, OIM was given a sexy twist as well.

The sexually stunning Izabella Scorupco is the orphan Helena; Michal Zebrwoski is the stud; Stupka is the Cossack Hatman; Olbrychski, a Polish star, plays Tuhaj—Bey. The named Izabella—the most conspicuous person in the movie—for obvious reasons—she's not only extremely sexy, but glamorous as well.

Some shockingly violent scenes give the movie a healthy realism.

The intricacies and details of the plot ask for some previous familiarizing with the novel.

The Polish cinema belongs to the league of the best five European cinemas (with the French, Russian, Italian and English).
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