Death of a President (1977)
Śmierć prezydenta
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.
- Date of release
- 1977-10-10
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 2h 24m
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Director
- Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Casting
- Zdzisław Mrożewski — Gabriel Narutowicz
- Marek Walczewski — Eligiusz Niewiadomski
- Henryk Bista — Priest Marceli Nowakowski
- Czesław Byszewski — Prime Minister Julian Nowak
- Jerzy Duszyński — Józef Pilsudski
- Edmund Fetting — General Józef Haller
- Kazimierz Iwor — Herman Lieberman
- Tomasz Zaliwski — Maciej Rataj
- Roman Sikora — Wojciech Trąmpczyński
- Andrzej Krasicki — Antoni Kamieński
- Jerzy Sagan — Wincenty Witos
- Zbigniew Kryński — Stanisław Thugutt
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