.<\/span><\/p>\n .<\/span><\/p>\n Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>, Editor Newly reviewed are Christoph Waltz in one of the best TV mini-series you’ve never heard of, Konig der letzten Tage (ARD Video), Sam Spiegel’s last great epic Nicholas and Alexandra on Blu (Twilight Time), and Franco Nero in the period drama The Sack of Rome \/ aka Oro, aka Zoloto (One 7 Movies).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[2423,2424,2426,2427,2428,2429,2430,2431],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-1Vx","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7411"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/KonigDerLetztenTage_R2.gif\" "\\"KonigDerLetztenTage_R2\\"")
<\/a>The aforementioned mini-series certainly had those qualities, but Konig der letzen Tage<\/a><\/strong>, a 1993 dramatization of the Munster Rebellion, was perhaps too regional for most of Europe, and especially America. Never heard of it? Don\u2019t blame yourself. Why should you care? Because it boasts a mesmerizing performance by Christoph Waltz, playing Anabaptist leader and self-appointed \u2018king\u2019 John of Leiden. The German R2 2-DVD set sadly has no English subtitles, but even a conversational comprehension of German will make this gem a treat. The stellar score was composed by Dracula<\/strong>\u2019s Wojciech Kilar, and is just as memorable for its themes, choral sections, and heavy strings. Great drama from Germany that no Waltz admirer should be without.<\/p>\n<\/a>Next is Nicholas and Alexandra<\/a><\/strong> (1971), Sam Spiegel\u2019s last great epic production directed by Franklin Schaffner, and released on Blu by Twilight Time. Flawed, perhaps overlong, and more intimate than Spiegel\u2019s Lawrence<\/strong> of Arabia<\/strong> (1962) production, but worth a peek, especially since Sony\u2019s HD transfer\u2019s a stunner. The doomed Romanovs are the focus as Russia\u2019s last tsar lives out his final years blundering through historic missteps before meeting the executioner\u2019s bullet in 1918.<\/p>\n<\/a>Lastly, there\u2019s The Sack of Rome<\/a><\/strong> (1992), perhaps better known as Oro<\/strong> or Zoloto<\/strong>, a rare Italian-Russian co-production about a na\u00efve painter \/ sculptor who refuses to believe German thugs could ever harm him and his teenage aides. Like Konig<\/strong>, there is frank nudity and violence, but an extra sleaze factor as pretty Vittoria Belvedere is often nude in the presence of co-stars Franco Nero and Aleksandr Abdulov. Uneven and flawed, but an unusual production from One 7 Movies.<\/p>\n
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