Death of a President

    Death of a President
    1977

    Synopsis

    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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      Cast

      • Zdzisław MrożewskiGabriel Narutowicz
      • Marek WalczewskiEligiusz Niewiadomski
      • Henryk BistaPriest Marceli Nowakowski
      • Czesław ByszewskiPrime Minister Julian Nowak
      • Jerzy DuszyńskiJózef Pilsudski
      • Edmund FettingGeneral Józef Haller
      • Kazimierz IworHerman Lieberman
      • Tomasz ZaliwskiMaciej Rataj
      • Roman SikoraWojciech Trąmpczyński
      • Andrzej KrasickiAntoni Kamieński

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