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Director  Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Music director  Adam Walacinski
Country  Poland
7.2/10 IMDb

Genre  Drama, History
Duration  
Language  Polish
Death of a President (1977 film) movie poster

Release date  10 October 1977 (1977-10-10)
Writer  Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Boleslaw Michalek
Screenplay  Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Boleslaw Michalek
Cast  Marek Walczewski (Eligiusz Niewiadomski), Jerzy Duszynski (Jozef Pilsudski), Zdzislaw Mrozewski (Gabriel Narutowicz), Henryk Bista (Priest Nowakowski), Edmund Fetting (General Jozef Haller)
Similar movies  Related Jerzy Kawalerowicz movies

Death of a President (Polish: Śmierć prezydenta) is a 1977 Polish drama film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz. It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution. The film was also selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

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The film depicts the 1922 assassination of the first President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz by artist and Endecja sympathizer Eligiusz Niewiadomski.

Cast

  • Zdzisław Mrożewski as Gabriel Narutowicz
  • Marek Walczewski as Eligiusz Niewiadomski
  • Henryk Bista as Priest Marceli Nowakowski
  • Czesław Byszewski as Prime Minister Julian Nowak
  • Jerzy Duszyński as Józef Piłsudski
  • Edmund Fetting as General Józef Haller
  • Kazimierz Iwor as Herman Lieberman
  • Julian Jabczyński as Stefan Przezdziecki
  • Zbigniew Kryński as Stanisław Thugutt
  • Leszek Kubanek as Norbert Barlicki
  • Włodzimierz Saar as Stanisław Stroński
  • Jerzy Sagan as Wincenty Witos
  • Janusz Sykutera as Stanisław Car
  • Tomasz Zaliwski as Maciej Rataj
  • Teodor Gendera as Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski

    • References

    Death of a President (1977 film) Wikipedia
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    Death of a President (1977 film) IMDb Death of a President (1977 film) themoviedb.org