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Death of a President (1977)
Directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
History, Drama · 2h 24m
After Poland won freedom from of its long overlordship by Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, it took a further four years for its National Assembly to elect Gabriel Narutowicz as its first president. Narutowicz was a professor who until his election had been living in Switzerland. Those were chaotic times, and shortly after his election, he was assassinated by right-wing fanatics. This epic Polish film chronicles the circumstances of Narutowicz's election and assassination.
Cast
Zdzisław Mrożewski
Gabriel Narutowicz
Marek Walczewski
Eligiusz Niewiadomski
Henryk Bista
Priest Marceli Nowakowski
C
Czesław Byszewski
Prime Minister Julian Nowak
Jerzy Duszyński
Józef Pilsudski
Edmund Fetting
General Józef Haller
K
Kazimierz Iwor
Herman Lieberman
Tomasz Zaliwski
Maciej Rataj
R
Roman Sikora
Wojciech Trąmpczyński
A
Andrzej Krasicki
Antoni Kamieński
J
Jerzy Sagan
Wincenty Witos
Zbigniew Kryński
Stanisław Thugutt
Crew
- Director
- Jerzy Kawalerowicz
- Writer
- Bolesław Michałek, Jerzy Kawalerowicz
- Director of Photography
- Jerzy Łukaszewicz, Witold Sobociński
- Original Music Composer
- Adam Walaciński
- Editor
- Wiesława Otocka
Details
- Original title
- Śmierć prezydenta
- Release date
- 1977-10-10
- Runtime
- 2h 24m
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Original language
- PL
- Spoken languages
- Polish
- Countries
- Poland
- Production
- Zespół Filmowy Kadr