Directed by:
Jerzy KawalerowiczComposer:
Adam WalacińskiCast:
Zdzislaw Mrozewski, Marek Walczewski, Henryk Bista, Czesław Byszewski, Jerzy Duszyński, Edmund Fetting, Kazimierz Iwor-Szczygielski, Julian Jabczyński (more)Plots(1)
Poland, at the beginning of the 1920s. In a country that has recently regained independence after almost a century and a half of partitions, there is a growing dispute between democratic and nationalist-fascist forces over the vision of the country’s future. On 9 December 1922, the Sejm and Senate elect Gabriel Narutowicz, a left-wing candidate imbued with democratic ideals, as the first president of the Republic. His candidacy, and even more so his election, ignites a political conflict that moves to the streets and, after a week from the election of the president, ends in tragedy at the Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw. (Camerimage)
(more)Cast
Zdzislaw Mrozewski
Poland
Best movies:
Mephisto (1981)
Birth Certificate (1961)
Westerplatte Resists (1967)
Marek Walczewski
Poland
Best movies:
The Promised Land (1974)
The Tin Drum (1979)
King Size (1987)
Henryk Bista
Poland
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
Wsród nocnej ciszy (1978)
Czesław Byszewski
Russian Empire
Jerzy Duszyński
Russian Empire
Best movies:
How I Unleashed World War II (1970)
Co mi zrobisz, jak mnie złapiesz (1978)
Forbidden Songs (1946)
Edmund Fetting
Poland
Best movies:
The Master and Margarita (1988) (series)
The Ashes (1965)
The Dancing Hawk (1977)
Kazimierz Iwor-Szczygielski
Poland
Best movies:
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Julian Jabczyński
Poland
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Top Dog (1978)
Jowita (1967)
Erwin Kohlund
German Empire
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The Last Valley (1971)
The Consequence (1977)
Zbigniew Kryński
Poland
Best movies:
Nie ma róży bez ognia (1974)
Leszek Kubanek
Poland
Best movies:
Top Dog (1978)
Austeria (1982)
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Włodzimierz Saar
Poland
Best movies:
The Dancing Hawk (1977)
Jerzy Sagan
Poland
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Liliana Głąbczyńska
Poland
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The Contract (1980) (TV movie)
Austeria (1982)
Adam Baumann
Poland
Best movies:
Cuckoo in a Dark Forest (1984)
Wojaczek (1999)
Triumph of the Spirit (1989)
Andrzej Szenajch
Poland
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
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Józef Kalita
Poland
Best movies:
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Tadeusz Teodorczyk
Poland
Best movies:
Znachor (1981)
Wsród nocnej ciszy (1978)
Hit the Bank (1981)
Andrzej Krasicki
Poland
Tomasz Zaliwski
Poland
Best movies:
Wsród nocnej ciszy (1978)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Eroica (1957)