The Deluge Duel.wmv 

I love how the final blow isn't something ridiculous or flamboyant but a simple precise strike, that's how it's meant to be.

I love how he says "Pick it up" before he even knocks the sabre out of his opponent's hand.

Never challenge a man that small who commands men that big. He can obviously hold his own

I read the book all 3 parts. The tall guy Kmicic is light cavalry colonel, who fought in war against Russia 1654.During that war he fought guerilla campaign against Russian rear areas harrasing them with his own regiment of "bad guys" with very shady past. During Winter 1654/1655, Kmicic and his regiment go to rest in Polish held territory. He gets Noble girl called Oleńka and her mansion as inheritence after her Grandfather. Kmicic soldiers are still "bad guys" and come into conflict with Local Nobles over their behaviour against Local population. The problem was Kmicic soldiers were not paid by the state. They lived off plundering Russians. Local Nobles kill some of soldiers of Kmicic regiment. In retaliation Kmicic gets mad and plunders Local Village but he is defeated finally by Local Nobles. His life is saved by Oleńka when she did not give him away to vengefull Local Nobles. She kicks him out anyway, because she does not want to accept his way of life. One year later Kmicic returns with another armed group of hired "bad guys" and kidnaps her. He hides in mansion with his people and kidnapped Oleńka. Kmicic and his people are defeated. Kmicic barricaded himself in the house and threatens to blow it up with everyone i side. As alternative short duelist colonel Wołodyjowski offer him to duel to save Olenka's life. It is why duel happend. Sorry for poor English

Without cutting scenes every second. Good old craft of cinematography.

Wow. A movie from 1974 has better choreography, sound and effects (the head wound) than most movies today. Hats off to this masterpiece.

5 seconds of this was better than the entire Disney Star Wars trilogy and Kenobi lightsaber fighting.

There's one thing you need to keep in mind about an old soldier,, he's Old for a reason!!

To anyone saying its not realistic- context! Wolodyjowski wasn't trying to kill him, and could have easily have finished the fight early on. He was trying to humiliate Kmicic, so he prolonged the fight and used flashy moves towards his opponent's weapon to demonstrate how much better he was. Kmicic was spinning around near the end not because its supposed to be good technique, but because he knows he's going to lose and doesn't care, he just want's Wolodyjowski to end it. Just look at how quick Wolodyjowski's last strike was. He wasn't trying.

-"maybe would you like to wait for it to stop raining sir" -"it makes no dieffernce for me" omg so this movie got refferenced in the witcher 3

Without the knowledge of Saber fencing, one could still see the flamboyant and overextending fencing style of the young man gradually took it's toll on him while the colonel's more precise and minimal maneuvers means that he never had to overexert himself by moving about in the mud and rather took on a more defensive approach, letting the young man wear himself out instead. Goes to show the great difference in skill and making it one of the more nuanced duel in cinema.

This is cinema. Not your average film . This is art .

2:50 its more like "you swing that like a PEASANTS flail sir" - "cep" is a polish word describing peasant's tool. A flail used for treshing the grain. Thus Wołodyjowski insulted Kmicic, comparing the nobleman to a peasant.

When you provoke man into PvP and realise that's he is another level...)

Watched the movie once on RU-vid, no subtitles. But it's just so well made that every frame, every scene tells exactly what you need to know, without understanding a word. It's just an amazing movie.

Mistrzowska walka, szabliści podziwiają wyszkolenie aktorów przez olimpijskiego mistrza szabli Władysława Pawłowskiego. Świetne wielokrotne przerzuty szabli przez Wołodyjowskiego z ręki prawej do lewej i z powrotem , zadawanie ciosów raz prawą ręką raz lewą co miało zmylić Kmicica który mimo wszystko atakował i nacierał raz na lewa rękę raz na prawą rękę. To jest mistrzostwo świata tych scen . Te ujęcia kręcono przez kilka dni aby były perfekcyjne , wielu aktorów przebywało na planie w strugach wody przez kilka godzin dziennie i wielu się pochorowało , ale ujęcia to perfekcja w żadnym filmie światowym nie powtórzona gdzie w wielu szkołach szabli jest pokazywana jako perfekcyjna walka gdzie szabliści nie mają jej nic do zarzucenia. A masterful fight, saber players admire the training of the actors by the Olympic saber master Władysław Pawłowski. Great multiple throws of the saber by Wołodyjowski from the right hand to the left and back, blows once with the right hand once with the left, which was supposed to confuse Kmicic, who nevertheless attacked and attacked once with the left hand once with the right hand. This is the world championship of these scenes. These shots were shot for several days to be perfect, many actors stayed on the set in streams of water for several hours a day and many got sick, but the shots are perfection not repeated in any world film where in many schools of saber it is shown as a perfect fight where sabers do not they have nothing against her.

I was sincerely expecting the young cocky guy to win. I never see the captor win the duel against the prisoner in media. What a plot twist on top of the great swordplay.

The story up to this point is: Young trublemaker Kmicic and local petty heiress Olenka are testament bound to get married (their grandfathers were good friends), it's aided greatly by the fact the pair really fancies each other. His friends are a bunch of rowdy cutthroats who harass local petty nobility (collectively legal guardians of Olenka until her marriage) and are bad influence on Kmicic, so she wants them gone. Kmicic agrees to send them away, only to find them all killed by Butrym clan in yet another brawl they have provoked. He gets mad, attacks the Butrym village and kills a lot of people, but all neighbours come to help thinking its Muscovite raid, his men are slaughtered, and he himself flees to Olenka, who saves him by fooling the pursuit, but then wants him gone forever. He has none of it and abducts her, but this sets the neighbourhood militia backed by military again on his track. They besiege Kmicic in the house but when he threatens to blow himself up, to save Olenka Wołodyjowski proposes a duel for his freedom. Now, what's important, Kmicic has some renown as a good fighter and skirmisher. It's enough to get cocky among poor clansmen in Laudan backwater. Wołodyjowski, however, is one of the Commonwealth's best duelists, visiting Lauda to commandeer the clans for war effort (and ironically, to give Kmicic an officer comission).

I listened to a duel expert on youtube. He said that this is the most realistic duel he has ever seen.

Never seen the movie, don’t even know its name - but seen this scene a million times. As I am led to believe it’s widely regarded as the best example of swordplay in cinematography, both in terms of realism and choreography.

this is not a movie.. this is cinematic art.

"Spare me the shame." Bro...he's been shaming you the entire fight, you only just now realized it.

Сцена, конечно, шикарная. Жаль, таких больше практически не делают. Ну и актёры, конечно - великолепные. Полковник... НАСТОЯЩИЙ полковник. Да даже молодой дуралей-задира - и тот не картонный, а вполне себе объёмный. Вот он глумится, вот он бравирует, считает себя хозяином положения, оскорбляет полковника, пытается запугать... и вот он понимает, что не на того напал... вообще не на того. И вот он - без визга и страха принимает судьбу: "не позорьте меня"... и вот полковник - как настоящий, правильный военный - без каких либо унижений его щадит и оказывает помощь. Ах, если бы жизнь была так же красива и честна, как эта прекрасная сцена из фильма.

I've watched this scene many times, and I only just noticed that at 3:56 the colonel starts effortlessly switching from right hand to left hand and back again. It was already obvious that Kmicic was hopelessly outmatched, this was just the colonel subtly driving the point home.

WTF that sudden strike to the head came out of nowhere! I had to do a double take, it was so fast.

Damn, that was awesome-no chop-editing or shaky-cam compensating for lack of fighting skill and poor choreography. It's unbelievable how much movies suck today.

I love how im from N.Macedonia and still understand over 70% of what they speak and some parts are like 100% seems like an easy language :D

Love 3:40. The relaxing shift in posture. Almost a display of boredom or resignation. Showing how in complete control of the fight he is. Very slight, subtle shift in actor posture. Really excellent, subtle acting there.

Anyone else from Skallagrim?

Crazy how these dudes was actually fr going at it and one of the actors is even quoted saying during the duel one of them almost got their head lopped off due to a late guard. They had to stop filming for a bit cause the actor had come so close to death that it actually fucked him up mentally. But Jesus Christ what a outstanding scene of cinema, pure art. bravo Poland

Potop, je to můj oblíbený film. 👍💓

I really dig how the psychology of the fight unwinds. Kmicic starts with bravado and with each break becomes more wild and erratic when he realizes he can't win. Wołodyjowski is always calm and in control, but really displays his dominance, eventually switching sword-hand while fighting. Very cool shit.

"we dont slaughter the wounded! dress his wounds!"

I just realised how heavily olgierd from the witcher 3 references this movie.

Those disengages at 2:30 were super tight. Dude barely moved his wrist, yet perfectly avoids any blade contact. Great duel, makes me want to break out my old fencing gear!

This has to be one of the must eloquent and precise demonstrations of proper saber dueling I've seen in many a year. Bravo to the actors and those who choreographed it, bravo.

Many of those attacks looked properly fully committed, with actual parries. Definitely kept me on the edge of my seat. Masterfully choreographed. Also, the editing is fantastic. With shots having a decent length to grab your attention, instead of being an epileptic seizure of cuts like it's done nowadays.

The old man's left hand finger twiddling as he's waiting for the cocky guy to close distance is a masterful touch.

That last cut to end the duel very subtle so fast that you cannot see the contact or realise he’s been hit until the blood started to pour out from his head, absolutely a fantastic show of skill

At 1:04 Kmicic says to Wolodyjowski "you don't look like a giant, sir." And then at 4:26 Kmicic gets to see the giant that Wolodyjowski really is! And the way the camera frames Kmicic looking up at the giant as Wolodyjowski looks down upon him... Perfect.

The best movie Polish sabre duel ever. I had a pleasure to meet both actors face to face in person.

Young, pampered, spoilt, dandy finds out that the little old man is a fencing master - just a few minutes too late.

Not a cell phone in sight, just 2 dudes with swords dying in the moment

I have a soft spot for Sienkiewicz. He's such an underrated writer-- folks tend to see him as a Polish patriot first, and I think he is, but that does not detract from his books. Nobel prize, right?

Meanwhile the loser was unconscious in the ground, the other guy had the chance to end him rightly with his pommel, but chose not too because it wouldn't have been knightly. Kudos for him.

There are some weird moves, but overall the best movie fight I've seen. I love the fact that the movie implies the over-swinging as a bad technique, when in most other movies, the "elite" fighters do exactly that :-)

I've watched this about a million times. It truly is a piece of art.

Пожалуй, это лучший сабельный бой , снятый в фильмах! Во всяком случае мне не приходилось видеть лучше.

Thank you for posting it with subtitles. Have seen prior ones with no idea what they were saying.

This is actually a pretty realistic duel. The swords missing each other and the duelists having to try the same strike again is something that happens quite often in fencing. There are certain stances each opponent takes, and if you're both still in that stance, but you've missed your strikes, you have no option but to try again. Remember, the goal isn't to put on some flashy show, it's to avoid walking into a flailing sword.

Thumbs up for everyone who's read the book. A masterpiece.

порой даже не воспринимается сразу, что во время дуэли происходит смена рук с саблей в правой на левую! один из лучших кино-дуэлей, определённо!

I believe this is the greatest sword fight I have seen. Its how I imagine a real fight. I enjoy this more than the duelist.

No screen shake, no zoom in and cuts on impact. Well done

For Wiedzmin fans This fight from the Polish film, the creators of the game The Witcher 3 - Hearts of Stone, drew the motive for the entire addition as well as the fight between Geralt and Olgeird. The same words fall into battle even

Ungodly realistic, given the situation and backstory. I can't think of anything in any movie ever that even comes within the same galaxy as this scene. Bravo!

Доброго времени суток. Реально крутой поединок. Поставлено просто великолепно. С уважением, Дмитрий.

Timeless classic. Best sword duel in cinema history.

Да, уж...сьёмки очень хорошие - достоверные. Без всякого там специального монтажа, ускорения и компьютерного современного наложения. Актёры в отличной физической форме! Сами фехтуют в кадре и вызывают этим к себе большое уважение. Поединки на холодном оружии - это была высшая степень личного мужества и воинского мастерства. Оба красавцы! Хотя вроде бы один из них и маленький с виду человек, но большой воин. Внутренняя сила характера важнее внешней харизмы...

Never seen this movie. Scene proved to me how spoiled we are with cheap shots and edits. This was really enjoyable. You saw everything. Was able to follow the fight. I have to watch this now. 😮

I never saw this good Polish movie before. Beautiful.

Very good actors, and very good fencers for actors. It must be hard to make the difference in skill to stand out to even a person like me, who knows nothing of fencing.

"Just finish it sir! Spare me the shame!" "Alright" *chop*

I have read the book and seen the entire movie.I must say that the movie was as faithful to the book as possible, which is rare.Very impressive.

i like how his face changes when he realizes the Colonel was a great fighter

If this is your first time, watch it again. Third or fourth time through I started to notice all the times Wolodyjowski would shove Kmicic's sword aside, or feint what would've been a hit that Kmicic flinches away from but doesn't properly move to block. Wolodyjowski teaches Kmicic a lesson here, and I love going back and rewatching this taught me to appreciate the choreography a bit more, the story in the fight.

I think the only thing that saved Sir Kmicic is that at the end, he demanded that Colonel Wolodyjowski end it quickly. Could a man who can face his death with such dignity after that kind of humiliation be a mere bandit? The Colonel doesn't think so.

Я помню прекрасно этот фильм "Потоп"по одноимённому роману Генриха Сенкевича.Отличный фильм.А этот поединок между знаменитым полковником паном Володыевский и Кмитицем просто потрясающий!Не стал его убивать Володыевский,удар был настолько правильный,выверенный.Чтобы был ранен,чтобы выжил и был благодарен за жизнь этот храбрый,но бунтующий Кмитиц.Сцена поединка поставлена на высшем уровне.Оба актёра великолепно владеют саблями.Так и говорили о пане полковнике Володыевский,что ростом был мал,но вёрткий,великолепный саблист.

I like that you can feel that all of Wolodyjowskis unnecessary movements do not feel like they are supposed to be good but are clearly to show off how much better than his opponent he is. For example him switching between hands. It is to show "I can beat you with either hand no problem". Him spinning his sword is no unrealistic "I GATHER ALL THE ENERGY FOR A DEVESTATING STRIKE" thing. He uses it to show off the speed and nimbleness of the weapon as if to teach Kmicic. So he even tells him "You swing it like a flail" So he bassically goes "Look, it is not a heavy crusher. See? It wants to be quick and fluid and slice things". You can really tell that Kmicic drop loses his confidence and becomes more and more desperate the longer the fight goes on because he knows he is outmatched in any way and it is not even close.

That sword fight was so good even without seeing the film I felt guine tension

Always loved the politeness between noblemen about to gut each other lol.

Tą scene można oglądać bez końca. Mistrzostwo po prostu. Sposób walki,dialogi,itp. Klasa.

Not how I expected the fight to go at all. That was some really great acting!

What we are really seeing is an outstanding performance by two fine actors - the sabre fighting sequence was exquisite! They must have trained for a long time before filming that. BRILLIANT!!!

This is one amazing piece of cinematography. Excluding the final duel in Rob Roy, I do not remember seeing such intense and realistic-looking sword duel in any movie. Splendid!

I've seen this fight judged as the most realistic- and best- in film history.

the most unique thing about this scene are the characters in the background, so realistic, masterpiece.

I dont know how did they make such a realistic duel with so few cuts but im sure they could not do the same in todays hollywood movies.

I always considered this episode to be the best fighting scene in the world cinema of all time. Brilliant! Thank you!

Этот фильм называется Потоп . В Советском прокате он был четырёх серийным и широкоформатным. Один из моих самых любимых. В главной роли ,роли Анджея Кмитица --- Даниэль Ольбрыхский ,великолепный актёр и отличный человек . Доброго ему здоровья и долгих лет жизни !

I am growing to like this scene more and more every time I watch it.

As an amateur swordsperson, sometimes when you're fighting you find yourself being turned by the enemy as they try to get at your flank. When this happens your instinct can be to turn all the way around to about-face, exposing your back in the process, as a way of turning to face the enemy again. Your body is trying to use it's inertia to back up a strike or to stay facing the enemy but It's one of those things that can be fatal. It doesn't make sense to the onlooker and it looks stupid but pick up a couple sticks and have at a friend - you'll see how it happens. Very cool way to represent someone of low skill against someone with a lot.

Даниэль - легенда польского театра и кино, мне очень нравится его игра, сразу видно, что он уделял много времени учебе и оттачиванию мастерства и этот артист по жизни порядочный человек, еслиб таких людей ходяб одного на тысячу Мир был бы лучше.

I love how the general told him to pick it up before he even sent the saber flying. He played the duel like an old video game.

2:28 figures there is something wrong with this fight. 2:42 realized he's screwed. Beautiful fight. It's visceral in a way you don't see in film anymore. The final blow is insane. I nearly miss it the first time.

okay, but why is Tommy Lee Jones fighting Freddie Mercury?

The speed and precision of the last blow shows how quickly he could have finished the fight if he had wanted to. He was just toying with him.

this was genuinly one of the best saber fencing i ever saw on screen

Люблю польские исторические фильмы, в сто раз лучше чем голивуд снимает.

Прекрасный фильм. Шёл в советских кинотеатрах в 70-х с русским дубляжем. До сих пор помню -По полковнику небо плачет. Машешь как цепом. Эх,молодость.

Przepiękna scena, na zawsze w moim życiu...

Amazing film, I wish more people could appreciate things like this

Польский фильм: "Сабля пана Володыевского", основан на реальных событиях. Шёл у нас- в Союзе в конце 60х. Пацанами раз 5 смотрели. А этот актёр, который упал (забыл фамилию), был очень популярный. Тогда расцвет европейского кинематографа был. Сейчас один Голливуд остался.

Tadeusz Łomnicki (the small dude) was the greatest polish actor ever.

Love he went from 'I got this' to 'oh shit' within a few strikes

Amazing fencing. Does not look at all staged, or amateurish. Sabre fencing, not foil or epee style, which is what is usually portrayed. The ending blow is so quick. I fenced when I was young, and really liked this, a lot.

3:40 is my favorite part. that little shrug of "You're way more disappointing than I anticipated"

As much as i would like to congratulate Amarcord for winning the Oscar that year. This could've been Poland's time to shine, this should've won

i like how the colonel's moves were much more controlled than the other guy. really shows the difference in experience

Colonel threw that sword so hard it changed into a different sabre. Truly a masterful duelist