PAX | Short Historical Action Movie 2022 | Akademia Szermierzy

XV century. Silesia. Central Europe.
Mysterious fencing master is being chase down to the river.
How it will change his life?
We are pleased to present you our new historicall acton movie - PAX
May the Peace be with you!
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Written and directed by: Rafał Kalus
Director of photography: Kuba Machnikowski
Actors: Dávid Czégé, Grzegorz Sarna, Ézsiás István, Hubert Feder
Consultations: Tomek Biernacki, Dávid Czégé, Jarek Kokot, József Bem
Characterization and special effects: Sonia Młynarczyk
Sound: Tomek Biernacki
Illustration: Sonia Młynarczyk
Choreography: Dávid Czégé, Ézsiás István, Rafał Kalus, Antek Olbrychski
Organization and costumes: Rafał Kalus, Antek Olbrychski, Grzegorz Sarna, Sonia Młynarczyk, Fruzina Vas, Jan Marek
Music: On the knifes edge, Finding Peace, Treachery, Misty Mountain (Tilman Sillescu), War strings, Battle Rally (Footage Crate), The Song oc Courage ( Bartłomiej Ładno)
Cooperation: Akademia Szermierzy & Ars Ensis

[@akademiaszermierzy1105]

Hi everyone, answering a frequently asked question: it was impossible to use Polish language, because two actors were Hungarians, and two Poles :) As always thank you for watching and feedback

[@adseri]

That's an understandable explanation. Although, if it was me I'd consider everybody speaking their language and adding subtitles and maybe working the plot so that it works with speakers. The angle of people not understanding each other but still helping could be interesting too - even if characters didn't understand each other they could hold conversation more as a way of talking to themselves, filling the blanks with body language, while we as observers would get a translation to understand the situation better. If they could fill the blanks with latin it would work very well too. If the communication between two people with different languages was necessary, you could have assumed, that one with less dialogue speaks a little Polish, and teach one few words/sentences to say in the scene, maybe with scene cuts while he translates to his companion. Just something to keep in mind for the future to make historical movie more interesting by working around issues that people would have in those situations.

[@adamstepien2465]

Then Perfect is latin

[@narcissus79]

Pole and Hungarian brothers be! Or.. Polak, Węgier - dwa bratanki, i do szabli, i do szklanki, oba zuchy, oba żwawi, niech im Pan Bóg błogosławi.

[@notfeedynotlazy]

​ @Akademia Szermierzy about the dialogue... maybe next time that you do a collab with another group that speaks a different language than yourselves, you could try having the characters speak in their original languages - likely German in this case (since whatever the language they speak it WILL be accented anyways, why not going the extra mile?). Turn a disadvantage into an advantage - that would have made master Lignitzer proud!

[@ironstarofmordian7098]

Still an awesom film.

[@iservHim]

You made me feel for characters more in 20 minutes than billion dollar companies do over the course of multiple movies. Cheers, gentlemen!

[@tgillies101]

Hear hear .... complete agreement

[@ericaugust1501]

watching realistic hema choreography is worlds more interesting than what we see too often in the sword/sorcery genre. i really hope we see more of a shift to your choreography in entertainment. keep it up.

[@thisdude9363]

The problem is sadly two-fold in that doing this kind of choreography requires a high level of skill. It would be very hard to even have actors just memorize a set of moves like they sometimes do for hand to hand fight scenes. Second is that the stage fencers in Hollywood have essentially a union, and they aren't going to as allow their stale ass stage fencing and spinny ballerina stuff be replaced.

[@andrewkelly6828]

@@thisdude9363 I get that there'd be a high level of skill involved, but every time you read about an actor learning a martial art, or to ride a horse, etc., or spending months "learning to swordfight" as many have done for roles, you kinda wonder why they don't just shell out the money for some HEMA classes or to hire an instructor. Must be the union thing for the stage fighters. Shame. This looks so much better!

[@celioambrosi-santamaria]

Props for all the effort put in the film. I just feel like dialogues would be way more appreciable in Polish with English subtitles.

[@dukeofleinster4524]

Aye agreed

[@malahamavet]

Maybe In my case I'm happy they made it in English since I can't read subtitles nor know polish. but I understand it might be better in their language

[@frenchiestfry5869]

@@malahamavet I wouldn't mind if they posted the video twice just with different audio on top. Like one upload is in English and another is in polish.

[@charlesc.9012]

The characters could be German, especially the Teuton monk

[@theMooly]

I was about to write this comment. Why should we use English for our European content!!! :) Joke aside, it would be way better with subtitles!! in the original tongue of the actors!

[@moonlitegram]

This is great work! Of course the fight choreography was fantastic. But this was all filmed really well, the costumes were great and historical, and the story was good as well. And major props for being able to still deliver genuine heartfelt dialogue in what is clearly your guys second language. You all should be really proud of the work you did here.

[@rafakalus9649]

Thank very much!

[@caseydubois3645]

"And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus." - St. Paul, in the fourth chapter of his letter to the Philippians

[@daxasd3270]

Still 3000x more entertaining than the best "medieval" hollywood movie.

[@Tiagabby4]

Wow!!! I dont believe he played the song of courage !

[@Angelimir]

And sits under the same tree Fiore was meditating at 😯🤭

[@Viola.R]

So good historical story and fight scene! Liked every part of it. A rare masterpiece in historical films.

[@wolfensniper4012]

Really appreciate that Jacob Lignitzer in this is a real swordmaster in history, along with his brother Andre. only Andre left any manuscripts. The story about brother vengeance though is a good artistic interpretation because the records of their lives were scarce

[@HealthcareAB]

A really remarkable piece of work. "A murder for a murder. How does that taste?". A question we should all ask ourselves.

[@michaelmcbride1204]

Your movie was great!!!! Keep making more history inspired films. Thanks Sword dudes.

[@akademiaszermierzy1105]

Thank you!

[@notfeedynotlazy]

[popcorn grabbing intensifies]

[@thundershirt1]

Exceptional. Better than Hollywood.

[@davefletch3063]

Outstanding. Great story and nice fight choreography. Also a great message

[@Scotta1atgmaildotcom]

Yes! You guys make some of the best content on sword fighting! Glad you're still around.

[@dmitrybelozertsev1826]

Great! Such short story, but very interesting. So cool details and fight. Every second is really good! Great job

[@nikitosnu]

Cant wait for the movie! You guys make some of the best historic fighting scenes I have ever seen!

[@jkel16]

Fantastic Film. Thank you 👏

[@robertodonnell1146]

You guys are phenomenal!

[@100dfrost]

Excellent, as always, thank-you.

[@taz3810]

Beautiful!

[@AdamOwenBrowning]

I love these so much. Your films have gotten better and better. I appreciate so much that these men not only are excellent successors of traditional European martial techniques, but how each film gets better with historically themed stories. Better acting, character development - it's so humbling that these men have to act their lines outside of their mother tongue; that's tricky stuff. I still re-watch the earlier films, those that paint the characters purely through their attire and their behavior, both demeanor and with their sword.

[@TGWBALH]

Great to see a movie swordfight that looks real and done by people who know how to effectively fight with a sword

[@happy_camper]

Highly anticipated!

[@alexanderphilip1809]

Been a fan of your work for quite a while. Love from India.

[@NICEFINENEWROBOT]

A convincing story indeed. Next to Meyer Class Hammaborg and Nova Aetas - your Akademia gives me information and feeling. I just love it - though I wouldn't choose to live in a time where brawlers and deadbeats and proud noblemen vain as a peacock prowl the streets.

[@txbluesguy]

Excellent story. The dialogue and acting were very good. Good job with combat as well.

[@psylinx]

Well done guys.

[@ElricWilliam]

The monk did go home. I hope God welcomed him at the doors with open arms.

[@Bjoern_Weber]

I have to buy a Longsword now. This is the sign

[@phantomapprentice6749]

You guys really outdid yourselves , well done. Appreciate the costume designs and cinematography and more acting. Only critique I can offer is that pacing-wise the midway point of the story(Midway point is traditionally the point where the story takes a sharp turn ) for me that was when the bountyhunters find him , that was more towards 3/4 of the film.

[@akademiaszermierzy1105]

Thank you. We were still learning how to use a proper Heroe's Journey in a short movie;) Right now we are focusing on professional script writting so hope you would more like it next time.

[@maestropinilla4979]

Thanks, a very good Story . Plas plas

[@rcandfunnystuff4017]

Oooooo nice 🥳 Soo hiped

[@seanm9668]

Excellent work

[@jamesmccreary2442]

This was awesome! Holy moly I was on the edge of my seat the entire time!

[@akademiaszermierzy1105]

And that's what we wanted to achieve :)

[@TheJtjensen]

One of the best short films I have seen for a longtime, it reminds me of in the name of the rose! ps the language is superb, remember the old westerns, everybody got the script in there language and in the end it was synchronised to English, Italian and German. Good job and well done.

[@Dzirt1980]

обожаю ваши короткометражки

[@marcosyy87]

Great piece of art! It made me cry though

[@darthogge1844]

Amazing work!

[@wizardjacek86]

No super chcemy więcej

[@akademiaszermierzy1105]

Będzie!

[@wizardjacek86]

@@akademiaszermierzy1105 czekamy

[@userxyv33-v7i]

So great this short movie! ❤

[@longswordparkour511]

I waited long time this good video

[@epyjacek]

May you continue to make more and have health and happiness. Great stuff!

[@akademiaszermierzy1105]

Thanks. We are constantly working!

[@ИванЕгоров-щ5ы]

delightfully

[@ericconyers8972]

Thanks. I enjoyed too the film. English is my mother language and I don't mind the English spoken with an Eastern European accent. This is how I experience English from people who learn it as a second language. I know I speak other languages with an accent.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Always stoked when you guys drop a vid!

[@medievaltexan]

Amazing work on this 👏

[@Hevdan1]

ENG Abolutely genius! Suspenseful from the first scene to the last and much more interesting than what we see in Hollywood productions. I worked on similar film etudes as an actor and I can imagine how much work, time and effort it took to create such a good work - the very scenes of crossing the river must have been a difficult nut to crack. When you watch, you forget that you came here to see a bit of fencing, because the story is simply captivating. I look forward to more in the future and wish you more success! PL Genialne! Trzymające w napięciu od pierwszej do ostatniej sceny i o wiele bardziej interesujące, niż to co widzimy w produkcjach hollywoodzkich. Pracowałem przy podobnych etiudach filmowych jako aktor i wyobrażam sobie ile to pracy, czasu i wysiłku musiało zająć, by stworzyć finalnie tak dobre dzieło - same sceny z przeprawiania się przez rzekę musiały być niełatwym orzechem do zgryzienia. Oglądając zapomina się, że przyszedłeś tu zobaczyć trochę fechtunku, bo historia po prostu wciąga. Liczę na więcej w przyszłości i życzę więcej sukcesów!

[@TheWarloo]

Great!

[@shiratikkas6780]

really cool i can't wait to see other projects :D

[@brandonhood1936]

Amazing short film

[@mapleleaf2407]

Оо, новая работа, ждём!

[@ramisi7089]

Без субтитров в этот раз. Увы, политика

[@janmekel1654]

Super. Lepšie ako hlyvúdskí samuraji. Som rád za túto produkciu. PS:Je pravda,že mali krajšie kostými. HOLYVÚD. 👍🖐️✊

[@Makumazaan]

That was enjoyable and thrilling to watch. But his brother's sword was returned to the city, right?

[@rafakalus9649]

Thank you. That's true. The sword was returned as an evidence of finishing the job...

[@onoise1262]

amazing!

[@leoneljvalladares5402]

Awesome 👏👏👏

[@johannesmichaelalhaugthoma4215]

Outstanding work!! Congratulations to the team!!

[@dr.phoqueson1860]

Amazing !!!

[@larsjohannesson398]

Really very nicely done, thank you!! Authentic feeling.

[@LuxisAlukard]

Great! Sjajno!

[@rcandfunnystuff4017]

Oh shit yeaaaaa nice 👍

[@СерыйЛев-я7с]

Мне понравилось, пару сюжетных линий и классный фильм получился бы)))

[@afrim7244]

good work!

[@titaboska9879]

Beautiful work! Please keep it going 👍

[@dxq3647]

Live action trailer for kingdom come deliverance?? jk. Excellent work!

[@assasinaron4233]

Super film i za historie oraz morał. Ilustracja na końcu też niesamowita, ciekaw jestem inspiracji jej. Osobiście kojarzy mi się z ilustracjami z Codex Manesse chociaż domyślam się że nie był on głównym wzorcem.

[@gstvntt]

Is that a sword? No, my good sire, It's a bazooka

[@brumbybailey6599]

👌please don't let this be a one off; i need to know what happens next! Solid effort! And i wish we had such blokes here in aus

[@daven1654]

It was a delight to watch. Well done.

[@js6180]

Excelente!!

[@schishne7546]

very nice story idea and fight scenes, you guys are quite the great inspiration for something im working on on my own (on the 2D side) 14:54 this move is gonna be etched into my brain

[@TheSeekingOne]

Very nicely done. I was intensely critical about the previous movie, but this one is much better. Good job 👍

[@Overdrawn_]

Już myślałem że zmusicie Grześka do użycia miecza xD.

[@inakik97]

Wonderful! But I don't understand why u decided to use english and not your native language. The dialogues sounded really weird (quite forced). Polish audio with english subs would be cool. Nevertheless, great video!

[@Angelimir]

Belive me, my Polish is WAY worse than my English 😅

[@inakik97]

@@Angelimir Oh, I thought that u were all native polish speakers😅

[@Angelimir]

@@inakik97 no, Ars Ensis is a Hungarian HEMA club 🙂

[@inakik97]

@@Angelimir Oh, It makes sense 😅 Good work!

[@notfeedynotlazy]

@@Angelimir You guys should all have done that in German 😆

[@tobiasrohde6404]

Nice movie. For all the good swordsman ship I would have enjoyed this way more with less jump cuts.

[@Бочёнокспивом]

Very nice

[@valkoharja]

It was a good medieval story. I feel it would have worked better if you'd acted it out in your native tongue, and relied on subtitles for the international audience however. Nevertheless, well done.

[@АлексейКук-т3ж]

👍👍👍✌

[@fredericmari8871]

Great short movie! Where did you get the swords that are being used? Albion? Something else?

[@bryanreilly1290]

Much better than Rings of Power

[@MathieuLonjaret]

FYI, in the credits, it should be "written" and not "writen". It's nice to watch, but what I like the most about it, is that it happens all in this very nice riverside location.

[@fabio1160]

Fantastic! FANTASTIC SHORT MOVIE! Great story, great choreography (realistic AND engaging), great music. Hollywood, see this shit? THIS is how you do history-based entertainment! Unrequested historic note: the symbol on the sword (that P and X composition) does not ACTUALLY mean Pax (peace in Latin) , but it's the composition of the Greek letters Chi (X) and Ro (P), and it's to represent the name of CH-R-ist. I am sure you knew this already, but the "Pax" interpretation (which is quite widespread, actually) makes for a much better story! Why am I pointing this out, and being all nitpicky? Because this is an excellent example of "enhancing" history/reality a little bit to make a cool story, as opposed to twisting it completely to make crap products and pushing an agenda (which is what mainstream production do). Once more: Hollywood, netflix, hbo... ya'll see this? THIS IT HOW IT'S DONE!

[@JusticarAMS13]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@taylorahern3755]

Most outstanding💯👏👏👏 Intriguing story, along with superlative swordwork & superb choreography! Will watch that again👍👍 The Poles of that era were indeed amongst the finest & most skilled sword masters in all of Europe, churning out many swordfighting badasses that could go toe to toe against an extremely proficient, super lethal Japanese Samurai Champion in a face to face showdown 💯👍 Also, 2 questions. Not that it matters too much yet I'm willing to wager that the time period depicted above was meant to take place during the last 25 years of the 15th Century (1470s-1490s), yes (the 15th Century in Europe witnessed many sweeping changes in fashion, military technology & in the refinement of various swordfighting styles)?? And was that movie actually filmed in Silesia? Great Job Guys, kudos to everyone involved 🇵🇱🇵🇱❤💯👍

[@akademiaszermierzy1105]

Thank you! It's mid XV century. The movie was filmed in southern Masovia region, near Pilica river.

[@taylorahern3755]

@@akademiaszermierzy1105 Thank You!!

[@eitanshulman]

Well, that was more hollywoodish(in a bad way) than the Last Tune. I loved Polish language with subs, less sound effects and a bit less predictable scenario there. However, I still respect your work, support you as I can and for sure I'll rewatch this and will wait for more movies.

[@szepi79]

"I loved Polish language with subs" well, in this movie not all actors were Polish. I assume they spoke English because it was the only common language.

[@eitanshulman]

@@szepi79 and it turned out less natural and less believable somehow. Yet I understand that there are always obstacles to overcome))

[@joaomanoel3197]

Muito bom 🇧🇷👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@alareth4337]

it hurt when u see the sword in the water even if is fake...

[@wildyracing1]

How do you grab a sharp sword and pull it away with force without cutting yourself seriously? I've seen such moves in historical fencing manuals, but they are obviously meant for someone wearing at least thick gloves. From my personal experience, I keep all my swords as sharp as I fear trying to hold them by the blade in a bare hand, let alone squeezing and making a move... a cut to the bone is what will happen if I'm lucky. If I'm not, a lost finger or fingers.

[@notfeedynotlazy]

Once again that comment... ;-) Man, the question has been asked so many times (both by legitimate questions and by trolls) that I can even give you a canned answer: Nope, it's done even with bare hand. The edge won't cut even your bare skin if it does NOT move along your skin when you grab it. It's a sword, not a lightsaber. Basically, the grabber is trying to keep the sword unmoving for the second he needs to move it away so he doesn't get cut, and the grabbed should really be trying to get the edge to move (either by twisting, then pulling, or by hitting the hand, then pulling; both techniques shown in fetchbuchen as defences against grabbing!) so he can cut the grabber before he moves the sword away. Victory will go for whoever "makes his homework better", quoting an old master.

[@mansause9908]

The audio mixing of the dialogue is a bit off and the same is true for the last tune in the black forest

[@akademiaszermierzy1105]

We are still developing in this area. What exactly can we improve? Levels between music and voices?

[@mansause9908]

​@@akademiaszermierzy1105I think the levels between music and voices are fine. To be honest I don't know exactly what it is (I've never done film making) it but sounds like the dialogue is coming from a studio and isn't affected by the environment like at 3:12 where the monk bends down but and his head turns away from the camera while he is speaking, but the sound doesn't get quieter. Though I will say this movie is seems better at this than black forest and the choreography and writing are beautiful in both projects! I hope this was helpful

[@akademiaszermierzy1105]

@@mansause9908 Thank you very much!

[@jansilver4253]

🪙Loved!!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤩👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@camaradacomissario9641]

How can someone meet you in Poland? How to find your School in Warsaw? I met one of your lads at Krolewskiy Zamok in Warsaw a few days ago.

[@akademiaszermierzy1105]

Please contact us on Facebook.

[@chrisnewport7826]

Gladii??

[@keptleroymg6877]

How did he sweep that guy just by touching his calf

[@leonardosalomao6296]

Watch it in slowmo and you will see :)

[@keptleroymg6877]

@@leonardosalomao6296 I did and I don't think that would make someone fall over like that. From what i've seen in jew jitsu you need atleast stop the other leg from stepping back. Because of this and the breaking sound effect, I thought it was not a sweep but a leg disable. Maybe he kicked the inside of the knee or the ankle really hard but none of it looks right.

[@jackarrows1436]

🗡️😇👍

[@4everybody809]

Nice work! I really hope we will see you and Adorea (kzbin.info) in some big movie together one day!

[@danhaywood5696]

Awesome

[@DeeDos1484]

Editing uses jump cuts, camera shaking, actions are *blink and you'll miss it*, reactions are too long and jump cut back and forth to everyone's reaction. Lots of awkward silence looking at each other any time anything happens.

[@jeremiahr7585]

The cussing is anachronistic

[@不要問-n2p]

Nice script, but the directing is kinda meh, I would prefer more static shots instead of hand-held so you can really focus on the actors' movements, hand held shots should always be used cautiously imo, the dialogue scene kinda just repeating from this shot to that shot there's really no creativity in the composition and the editing in this scene needs some work too, I'd say it cuts too fast to let the audience feel the weight of each line and the actors' performance, also the fighting scene is bit disappointing, you guys can make very good and realistic choreography but the editing and hand held kinda ruined it.