The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz.
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The people behind it
Christoph Waltz
Jan Tytz
Edward Żentara
ojciec Maksymilian Kolbe
Artur Barciś
brat Anzelm
Tadeusz Bradecki
zakonnik w klasztorze w Alwerni
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
Konior
Jerzy Stuhr
prałat
Andrzej Szczepkowski
mecenas Górecki
Krzysztof Zaleski
Wiesław Olszański
Adam Ferency
dubbing roli Ch. Walza
Krzysztof Kowalewski
redaktor naczelny
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