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Death of a President
Film / 1977

Death of a President

Directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
HistoryDrama

★ 6.2/10Audience rating

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.

The story

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 MrożewskiGabriel Narutowicz Marek WalczewskiEligiusz Niewiadomski Henryk BistaPriest Marceli Nowakowski Czesław ByszewskiPrime Minister Julian Nowak Jerzy DuszyńskiJózef Pilsudski Edmund FettingGeneral Józef Haller Kazimierz IworHerman Lieberman Tomasz ZaliwskiMaciej Rataj Roman SikoraWojciech Trąmpczyński Andrzej KrasickiAntoni Kamieński Jerzy SaganWincenty Witos Zbigniew KryńskiStanisław Thugutt
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Lucjan DytrychIgnacy Daszyński Teodor GenderaMarian Zyndram-Kościałkowski Włodzimierz SaarStanisław Stroński Julian JabczyńskiStefan Przezdziecki Janusz SykuteraStanisław Car Marian GodlewskiBolesław Limanowski Józef ZbirógStanisław Łańcucki Tadeusz SabaraKarol Kozłowski Stanisław Marian KamińskiPiast MP Andrzej SzenajchLeft-wing MP Paweł ŁęskiNational Democrat MP Tadeusz SzanieckiWilliam Grenfell Max Müller Henryk DudzińskiWojciech Korfanty Andrzej GrzybowskiLeopold Skulski Edmund KarwańskiŁepkowski Tadeusz Kożusznikright-wing MP Andrzej Grąziewiczphotographer Józef KalitaCardinal Aleksander Kakowski Zdzisław Szymborskiassistant to Cardinal Kakowski Hans-Joachim RecknitzDelagneau Adam Baumannright-wing militant

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