Death of a President

2h 24m

6.2

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.

Cast

Zdzisław Mrożewski

Gabriel Narutowicz

Marek Walczewski

Eligiusz Niewiadomski

Priest Marceli Nowakowski

Czesław Byszewski

Prime Minister Julian Nowak

Jerzy Duszyński

Józef Pilsudski

General Józef Haller

Herman Lieberman

Tomasz Zaliwski

Wojciech Trąmpczyński

Andrzej Krasicki

Antoni Kamieński

Zbigniew Kryński

Stanisław Thugutt

Ignacy Daszyński

Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski

Włodzimierz Saar

Stanisław Stroński

Julian Jabczyński

Stefan Przezdziecki

Janusz Sykutera

Marian Godlewski

Bolesław Limanowski

Stanisław Łańcucki

Karol Kozłowski

Stanisław Marian Kamiński

Andrzej Szenajch

National Democrat MP

Tadeusz Szaniecki

William Grenfell Max Müller

Henryk Dudziński

Wojciech Korfanty

Andrzej Grzybowski

Leopold Skulski

Edmund Karwański

Tadeusz Kożusznik

Andrzej Grąziewicz

Cardinal Aleksander Kakowski

Zdzisław Szymborski

assistant to Cardinal Kakowski

Hans-Joachim Recknitz

right-wing militant

Crew

Jerzy Kawalerowicz

Director, Writer

Bolesław Michałek

Wiesława Otocka

Jerzy Łukaszewicz

Director of Photography

Witold Sobociński

Director of Photography

Wojciech Krysztofiak

Production Design

Adam T. Nowakowski

Production Design

Bogdan Wisniewski

Adam Walaciński

Original Music Composer

Jan Hawrylkiewicz

Felicja Uniechowska