Marie de Bourgogne et Maximilien

Quite refreshing to enjoy the history of Europe in an actual eurpean production. Good cast and plot. The acting is good and the music is exhilarating.

Sets are dark, lavish, and lit just right. It's a good story involving historic characters in turmoil, fighting and scheming for control of the throne in an unusual period of formation in Europe. They involve multiple countries, AUS, GER, but the focus is in 1400ad France. Can a strong woman break tradition as a Duchess and rule? Or does she need a man as society and law demands? Have to watch and see. Very informative, good sync w/ captions, well acted by Mary of Burgundy & Maximilian and supporting cast. Fresh and different vibe, as many BBC series- and sex scenes are done well for well adjusted adults... you can almost feel the cold, as battle scenes are foggy, realistic, and scenic. If you dig historic period dramas- This is well worth a watch. Solid series- Recommend.

Costumes are fantastic. Locations are fantastic. Casting is fantastic. Acting is really good. Period is wonderful, too few movies from the rennaisance. That it is made of German history is super good. Story is good. The people in history depicted are super interesting. And political correctness is kept in check.

However. Storytelling is extremely inefficient. Every scene is more than twice as long as it needs to be. This series can take 10 minutes to just say person x sent a letter to person y. I am watching this on my computer so I can fix it by setting speed to x 2. But its really a shame since everything else with this miniseries is so good.

I came upon this series after having watched other similar series set in 15th century but in Italy and England. Those were: White Queen, White Princess, Spanish Princess, The Medici, The Borgia. This series fits extremely well into the "missing pieces of a puzzle" category. It focuses on the Duchy of Burgundy, which was important in the English War of the Roses and I had first had to look up where exactly it was. I always knew that the Austrian Hapsburgs were somehow related to the Spanish Hapsburgs but never really knew how that relationship came about. All of these shows made history INTERESTING, the historical personages come alive as we get to know them, understand them, and discover that dull history textbooks can become very entertaining drama. The quality of the various 15th-century set TV dramas are not equal. Most have interesting enough story lines. The history was rich on drama in the 15th century. But the cinematography, costumes, direction, performances - those differ quite widely. Maximilian is definitely not tops in the cinematography and visual beauty category, but seemed pretty historically accurate. Another reviewer here mentioned historical inaccuracy without doing much diligent checking him/herself. Wikipedia has an error when listing the troop strength of France and Burgundy, they switched the numbers around in one place, but in the write up they got it correctly. So it's not the movie that had it wrong, it's Wikipedia that has an error. I enjoyed this series and would recommend it especially since both Austria and Burgundy are usually pretty neglected in our British-dominated historical series.

If you're a man-child thats into grown men dressed up in rubber costumes and waving their hands for - this aint for you. But if you're into grown men dressed up in era costumes and armor, waving their swords - this is for you. Shot in german and french languages, tells a relatively accurate story, all actors play superb, director doesnt think you're an idiot and lets a lot of nuissances to do the talking. Best Ive seen in years and I dont even speak german or french.