What's a historical fiction movie/TV show that impressed you with its accuracy?

by TheLordHighExecu

Similar to the question already on the front page: what is a historical fiction movie or TV show that is very true to your field of study?

Searocksandtrees

Moderator note: as in the other post, be aware that any answers here must comply with the subreddit rules. As /u/shlin28 said in the other post:

We are looking for in-depth answers by people who know quite a bit about the period covered by these books. It is not enough to simply say that 'Book X is great!' or that 'Book Y is pretty accurate', especially if your answer consists of just one sentence. We are not demanding people to write long forensic reviews here (though if you want to write one, we would like to encourage you to do so!), but some more detail would be great. For example, you could compare what happened in the book with what actually happened, what aspects of history were portrayed differently for narrative reasons, or maybe what research the author did and how they integrated that into their stories. Sadly, answers that do not attempt to meet these standards will be removed, as per the rules of this subreddit.

Das_Orakel_vom_Berge

It's not my field of study, but I have done a fair bit of research on the Great Turkish War and I have to say I was very surprised and impressed with the overall accuracy of a Polish movie I watched recently entitled "September 11th, 1683", which depicted the Siege of Vienna. While there were a few liberties taken in terms of characterization, especially notable in the narrative added between Kara Mustafa and Marco D'Aviano (who from what I can tell from my studies never actually met) the political and battle aspects were very true to the historical event, including the very complicated relationships of the Christian nations, such as the disdain shown towards John Sobieski of Poland for his low birth, or the animosity between the French Bourbons and Austrian Hapsburgs. The movie did on occasion go out of its way to vilify the Turks, but it did touch on their internal politics occasionally as well, particularly the disunity that began to crop up near the end of the siege. The battle scenes, while the special effects were lacking, followed the events of the battle almost exactly, in terms of what, who and when. All in all, it was much more accurate than I expected a Polish film on the subject to be.