Thread: Help me find this film I saw back on American TV in 1958--1965

I think it was a black and white film with subtitles. The time period of the film was maybe 1200 AD--1700 AD?
What I remember most was a great battle with many of the soldiers carry long spears or pikes.
They would skewer a guy and then lift the pike in the air with the victim still impaled on it. It almost seemed like a dream sequence.
Again this was 50 years ago I saw this film so its a bit fuzzy but that is the one part that shocked me as a youth and its stuck with me ever since.
I always liked the Russian films because of the costumes and settings.
Hope someone can help,
Thanks

I do not remember this one scene (as many others), but I think you are talking about movie Alexander Nevskiy.
Black-white, 1938, very popular in USSR, presented as anti-german during WWII so USA imported it and a lot of spears.

Thanks, I'll be looking for somewhere to rent it... Netflix?

Thanks, I'll be looking for somewhere to rent it... Netflix?

This movie is in public domain already, so you can't violate copyrights anymore.
This is why you can watch it freely in youtube right now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nRev9FvsBU

OK, watched it but not the one...so my quest continues.
How about Ivan the Terrible?

Well, maybe, I do not know. But Ivan the Terrible is known for pike execution...
I'll try to ask on another forum.