Alexander Nevsky
Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 9:54 pm
The Nazi Teutonic Knight from the previous post was inspired from the WWII Soviet propaganda film by Sergei Eisenstein, Alexander Nevsky.
The events of the Battle of the Ice, where German crusaders invaded Russia to force their beliefs, is used as a not so subtle metaphor for the Nazi invasion. I doubt it’s historically accurate, but at some point a Catholic priests is shown with swastikas on his hat. It’s an old symbol though, so who knows.
This movie is pretty much the origin of Hollywood war epics. The enemies with evil helmets. Fellow soldier making jokes on the battlefield. The hero taking on the big bad’s champion in a duel.
Special mention for the Kick the Dog moment of the movie, at 7:30, when the Teutons baptize babies before casually throwing them in a bonfire. o_O
Categories: Sister Wulfia Focka
on May 20th, 2010 at 10:42 PM
Noooo don’t link to tvtropes aaaaaaAAaaaaa
on May 20th, 2010 at 10:44 PM
LOL
on May 21st, 2010 at 12:31 AM
At 2:55 I was like “Omfg, its Thulsa Doom!” disapointment follows.
on May 21st, 2010 at 1:27 PM
the swastikas are organly used to mark budiest temples japanese maps still use the symbole
on May 21st, 2010 at 11:03 PM
The swastika as I understood was a pagan symbol for the sun-wheel. There were a couple of different versions of it and it had nothing at all to do with anything the Nazi party was doing. It was adopted because it was ‘mystic’ and a connection to ancient times. Kinda like what the tea party is doing now, adopting symbols without any understanding of the original context or caring.