Ten Most Historically Inaccurate Movies

[Sergey Lenkov]

Russia there's film "1612" about Trouble time

They appear to have valued propaganda value over historical accuracy. Why did all of those Polish actors do this movie???

I think that due to it's fantasy value - main heros are speaking in modern kids slang- it's no political propganda at all (film is completely forgotten by now) - real history were much more tragic and bloody. By the way, you could see Russian actors playing "evil" Russians in Hollywood films - why can't Polish actors play in Russian film? It's only actor work. And relations between Russia and Poland in cultural sphere are much more sophisticated than political (we are the Slavs anyways) - because there are many Polish films (including historical) and actors which are hugely popular in Russia ("Pharao", "The Flood" ("Potop"), Polish comedies etc.) and the same thing exists in Poland. Before "1612" there were Polish historical blockbuster "By the Fire and Sword" (Ogniom i Mechem) - highly recommending - with Russian actor playing "the bad" cossac who became after that very popular in Poland - and so Polish actor Jebrovsky who played good main hero in "By the Fire and Sword" played "bad" Polish invader in "1612".
So it was a kind of cultural inter-change