Medieval

Medieval (2022) eschews grandiosity for a gritty, unflinching portrait of Jan Zizka, a Czech warlord of the fifteenth century, whose tactical brilliance and unorthodox methods secure him victories over the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire. Through a lens that prioritizes the visceral over the mythic, the film refracts the chaos and carnage of medieval warfare, casting Zizka not as a hero but as a pragmatist in a brutal game of survival.