Death of a President
19772h 24mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- History
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 10, 1977
- Original language
- Polish
- Spoken languages
- Polish
- Countries
- Poland
- Cast
- Zdzisław Mrożewski,Marek Walczewski,Henryk Bista,Czesław Byszewski,Jerzy Duszyński,Edmund Fetting,Kazimierz Iwor,Tomasz Zaliwski,Roman Sikora,Andrzej Krasickiand 23 more
- Director
- Jerzy Kawalerowicz
- Cinematography
- Witold Sobociński,Jerzy Łukaszewicz
- Music
- Adam Walaciński
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0078283