F. Murray Abraham does a great job portraying Marco D'Aviano.
His first speech in the movie is magnificent.
But also does a great job throughout the movie depicting the faith of a priest in world changing times.
Although a Catholic priest, the faith presented is quite ecumenical.
This is less an historical drama and more of a reflection on the impact of one man's faith on an event of major impact in history.
The only weakness of the film is the low budget CG during the battle scenes, which probably could have been reduced anyway, for the strength of the movie lies in the dialogue and quality acting.
Although I am not an historian, I think the ideological representations are quite accurate as well as the challenges and conflicts the leaders faced making decisions to deal with the impending threats of invasion.
Truly worth the time to watch and quite memorable.
