Death of a President
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
as Gabriel Narutowicz
Marek Walczewski
as Eligiusz Niewiadomski
Henryk Bista
as Priest Marceli Nowakowski
Czesław Byszewski
as Prime Minister Julian Nowak
Jerzy Duszyński
as Józef Pilsudski
Edmund Fetting
as General Józef Haller
Kazimierz Iwor
as Herman Lieberman
Tomasz Zaliwski
as Maciej Rataj
Roman Sikora
as Wojciech Trąmpczyński
Andrzej Krasicki
as Antoni Kamieński