Teutonic Knights in Popular Culture - Film & Music

Film & Music

  • The Order plays an important part of the story in the opera I Lituani by Ponchielli (1874), based on Adam Mickiewicz's poem Konrad Wallenrod (1828).
  • The historical drama film Alexander Nevsky (1938) depicts the defeat of the Teutonic Knights by the Russians in the Battle of the Ice (1242).
  • The Teutonic Knights are featured in a variety of historically-themed computer games, including Medieval: Total War, Medieval II: Total War, in which the Order is equaled with the Templars and the Knights of Saint John in power. In the expansion Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms, a campaign is dedicated to the Order's campaigns. They are featured in Age of Empires II, in which "Teutonic Knights" and "Elite Teutonic Knights" are some of the most powerful armed units in the game. The Order is a playable country in the grand strategy games Europa Universalis II and Europa Universalis III. Teutonic Knights are shown to be occupying the city of Acre in Assassin's Creed, which their Grand Master Sibrand is secretly a member of the Knight Templars. They are featured in Empire Earth II's German campaign as well.
  • Knights of the Teutonic Order (film)
  • The Norwegian black metal band Dimmu Borgir used the story of the Teutonic Knights for the music video of their single "The Serpentine Offering".
  • The Season of the Witch, a 2011 American action horror fantasy film, has Nicolas Cage starring as a Teutonic Knights Crusader.

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