Death of a President

Death of a President

Death of a President

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Death of a President

1977

2h 24m

6.3(8 votes)

History

Drama

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.

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33 members

Acting

Zdzisław Mrożewski

Gabriel Narutowicz

Zdzisław Mrożewski

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Marek Walczewski

Eligiusz Niewiadomski

Marek Walczewski

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Henryk Bista

Priest Marceli Nowakowski

Henryk Bista

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Czesław Byszewski

Prime Minister Julian Nowak

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Jerzy Duszyński

Józef Pilsudski

Jerzy Duszyński

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Edmund Fetting

General Józef Haller

Edmund Fetting

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Kazimierz Iwor

Herman Lieberman

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Tomasz Zaliwski

Maciej Rataj

Tomasz Zaliwski

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Roman Sikora

Wojciech Trąmpczyński

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Andrzej Krasicki

Antoni Kamieński

Andrzej Krasicki

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Jerzy Sagan

Wincenty Witos

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Zbigniew Kryński

Stanisław Thugutt

Zbigniew Kryński

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Lucjan Dytrych

Ignacy Daszyński

Lucjan Dytrych

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Teodor Gendera

Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski

Teodor Gendera

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Włodzimierz Saar

Stanisław Stroński

Włodzimierz Saar

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Julian Jabczyński

Stefan Przezdziecki

Julian Jabczyński

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Janusz Sykutera

Stanisław Car

Janusz Sykutera

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Marian Godlewski

Bolesław Limanowski

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Józef Zbiróg

Stanisław Łańcucki

Józef Zbiróg

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Tadeusz Sabara

Karol Kozłowski

Tadeusz Sabara

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Stanisław Marian Kamiński

Piast MP

Stanisław Marian Kamiński

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Andrzej Szenajch

Left-wing MP

Andrzej Szenajch

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Paweł Łęski

National Democrat MP

Paweł Łęski

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Tadeusz Szaniecki

William Grenfell Max Müller

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Henryk Dudziński

Wojciech Korfanty

Henryk Dudziński

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Andrzej Grzybowski

Leopold Skulski

Andrzej Grzybowski

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Edmund Karwański

Łepkowski

Edmund Karwański

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Tadeusz Kożusznik

right-wing MP

Tadeusz Kożusznik

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Andrzej Grąziewicz

photographer

Andrzej Grąziewicz

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Józef Kalita

Cardinal Aleksander Kakowski

Józef Kalita

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Zdzisław Szymborski

assistant to Cardinal Kakowski

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Hans-Joachim Recknitz

Delagneau

Hans-Joachim Recknitz

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Adam Baumann

right-wing militant

Adam Baumann

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