Death of a President
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.
Directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz · Written by Bolesław Michałek
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Zdzisław Mrożewski Gabriel Narutowicz -
Marek Walczewski Eligiusz Niewiadomski -
Henryk Bista Priest Marceli Nowakowski - Czesław Byszewski Prime Minister Julian Nowak
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Jerzy Duszyński Józef Pilsudski -
Edmund Fetting General Józef Haller - Kazimierz Iwor Herman Lieberman
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Tomasz Zaliwski Maciej Rataj - Roman Sikora Wojciech Trąmpczyński
- Andrzej Krasicki Antoni Kamieński
- Jerzy Sagan Wincenty Witos
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Zbigniew Kryński Stanisław Thugutt
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Death of a President
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