Death of a President
1977 · 144 min
History · Drama
★ 6.2After 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.
Crew
- Director Jerzy Kawalerowicz
- Writer Bolesław Michałek
- Writer Jerzy Kawalerowicz
- Director of Photography Witold Sobociński
- Director of Photography Jerzy Łukaszewicz
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
- Writer — Jerzy Kawalerowicz
- Director of Photography — Witold Sobociński
- Director of Photography — Jerzy Łukaszewicz
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