Death of a President (1977)
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.
- Released
- 1977-10-10
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Runtime
- 144 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Jerzy Kawalerowicz
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 from 8 votes
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
- Jerzy Sagan as Wincenty Witos
- Zbigniew Kryński as Stanisław Thugutt