The Uprising
2026 · History · Drama
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Film / 2024
Simona Kossak
Directed by
Adrian Panek
Simona Kossak - daughter of the painter Jerzy Kossak and granddaughter of Wojciech - deprived of the talent that has defined her family for generations, grows up without knowing the warmth of her despotic mother. When, after graduation, she leaves everything - home, tradition, social conventions - and takes up a job as a scientist in Białowieża, she starts life on her own terms.
The story
Simona Kossak - daughter of the painter Jerzy Kossak and granddaughter of Wojciech - deprived of the talent that has defined her family for generations, grows up without knowing the warmth of her despotic mother. When, after graduation, she leaves everything - home, tradition, social conventions - and takes up a job as a scientist in Białowieża, she starts life on her own terms.
Cast
Sandra DrzymalskaSimona Kossak
Jakub GierszałLech 'Leszek' Wilczek
Agata KuleszaElżbieta Kossak
Borys SzycBatura
Nika WichłaczJoasia
Marianna ZydekGloria Kossak
Marta StalmierskaZoja
Olga BołądźHanna Gucwińska
Dariusz ChojnackiAntoni Gucwiński
Robert GoneraProfessor Kujawski
Tomasz SaprykDeputy Minister Stefan Jarząb
Kajetan WolniewiczPoacher Taras
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Krystian PestaKrzysztof
Kacper KuszewskiByrcyn
Zbigniew KonopkaProfessor Nowak
Cezary NowakProfessor
Tomasz ZaródProfessor
Orina KrajewskaJournalist from "Przekrój"
Radosław ChrześciańskiPhotographer from "Przekrój"
Yurii VykhovanetsLeon
Jakub GrabowskiStaś
Nikos KotowiczSecond Son of Taras
Arkadiusz CyranPoacher
Michał PietrzakPhysician
Paulina ZwierzLeszek's Lover
Krzysztof GrabowskiKossaks' Advocate
Aleksandra ŻebrowskaDaughter of Kossak
Eliza WolikGloria's Younger Daughter
Blanka ReplińskaGloria's Younger Daughter
Leszek WiśniewskiStationmaster
Grzegorz KostrzyńskiUW Professor
Jerzy KornackiUW Professor
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