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Death of a President (1977)
Directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Overview
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.
Length 144 minutes
Actors
Zdzisław Mrożewski | Marek Walczewski | Henryk Bista | Czesław Byszewski | Jerzy Duszyński | Edmund Fetting | Kazimierz Iwor | Tomasz Zaliwski | Roman Sikora | Andrzej Krasicki | Jerzy Sagan | Zbigniew Kryński | Lucjan Dytrych | Teodor Gendera | Włodzimierz Saar | Julian Jabczyński | Janusz Sykutera | Marian Godlewski | Józef Zbiróg | Tadeusz Sabara | Stanisław Marian Kamiński | Andrzej Szenajch | Paweł Łęski | Tadeusz Szaniecki | Henryk Dudziński | Andrzej Grzybowski | Edmund Karwański | Tadeusz Kożusznik | Andrzej Grąziewicz | Józef Kalita | Zdzislaw Szymborski | Jack Recknitz | Adam Baumann