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.

Cast (33)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Zdzisław Mrożewski

Gabriel Narutowicz

Marek Walczewski

Eligiusz Niewiadomski

Henryk Bista

Priest Marceli Nowakowski

C

Czesław Byszewski

Prime Minister Julian Nowak

Jerzy Duszyński

Józef Pilsudski

Edmund Fetting

General Józef Haller

K

Kazimierz Iwor

Herman Lieberman

Tomasz Zaliwski

Maciej Rataj

R

Roman Sikora

Wojciech Trąmpczyński

A

Andrzej Krasicki

Antoni Kamieński

J

Jerzy Sagan

Wincenty Witos

Zbigniew Kryński

Stanisław Thugutt

Lucjan Dytrych

Ignacy Daszyński

Teodor Gendera

Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski

Włodzimierz Saar

Stanisław Stroński

Julian Jabczyński

Stefan Przezdziecki

Janusz Sykutera

Stanisław Car

M

Marian Godlewski

Bolesław Limanowski

Józef Zbiróg

Stanisław Łańcucki

Tadeusz Sabara

Karol Kozłowski

Stanisław Marian Kamiński

Piast MP

Andrzej Szenajch

Left-wing MP

Paweł Łęski

National Democrat MP

T

Tadeusz Szaniecki

William Grenfell Max Müller

Henryk Dudziński

Wojciech Korfanty

Andrzej Grzybowski

Leopold Skulski

Edmund Karwański

Łepkowski

Tadeusz Kożusznik

right-wing MP

Andrzej Grąziewicz

photographer

Józef Kalita

Cardinal Aleksander Kakowski

Z

Zdzisław Szymborski

assistant to Cardinal Kakowski

Hans-Joachim Recknitz

Delagneau

Adam Baumann

right-wing militant

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