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Title S̀mier̀c prezydenta / Zespół Filmowy KADR przedstawia ; scenariusz, Bolesław Michałek, Jerzy Kawalerowicz ; reżyseria, Jerzy Kawalerowicz.

Publication Info. [Chicago, Ill.] : Facets Video ; Sarasota, FL : Polart, [2007]

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  POL DVD DEATH c.2  Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0, NTSC.
Cast Zdzisław Mrożewski, Marek Walczewski, Henryk Bista, Czesław Byszewski.
Credits Cinematographers, Jerzy Łukaszewicz, Witold Sobociński ; editor, Wiesława Otacka ; original music, Adam Walaciński.
Note Originally released as a motion picture in 1978.
Summary The rebirth of Poland after World War I. The newly organized National Assembly elected Gabriel Narutowicz, a professor returning home from Switzerland to enter public life, as the first president in the history of the Polish Republic. Shows the turmoil leading to Narutowicz's election by a National Assembly divided between Polish Nationalists and the minorities, comprising one third of the population. A few days after the election the president was assassinated by a fanatic Nationalist while opening an art exhibit.
Note Special features: Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Zdzisław Mrożewski, Marek Walczewski biographies and filmographies.
Language Polish dialogue with English subtitles.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Narutowicz, Gabriel, 1865-1922 -- Drama.
Presidents -- Assassination -- Poland -- Drama.
Nationalists -- Poland -- Drama.
Poland -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Drama.
Poland -- Drama.
Genre/Form Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Motion pictures -- Poland.
Added Author Kawalerowicz, Jerzy, 1922-2007. Screenwriter. Director.
Michałek, Bolesław. Screenwriter.
Mrozewski, Zdzislaw, 1909-2002. Actor.
Walczewski, Marek. Actor.
Bista, Henryk. Actor.
Byszewski, Czesław. Actor.
Zespół Filmowy KADR.
Facets Video (Firm)
Polart (Firm)
Note Title on container: Death of the president
ISBN 1593650779
9781593650773
Standard No. 644527494098
Music No. DV494 Polart
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