The Death Sentence
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A spy thriller set in 1943 when the Polish Resistance was killing SS- officers and collaborators in Lublin and Zamosc. Polish hitman romances with "officer's lady" while he is setting up her boyfriend for his sentence of death. In the end, he loses out to a collaborator living next door.
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Cast
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Wojciech Wysocki
"Smukły"
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Jerzy Bończak
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Doris Kunstmann
Krystyna Bucholc vel Christine Muller
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Stanisław Igar
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Sławomira Łozińska
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Piotr Dejmek
"Zyndram"
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Leon Niemczyk
"Rawicz"
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Holger Mahlich
Hans Frank
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Eolomea
Erich Thiede
Heinrich Himmler
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Klaus-Peter Thiele
Rudolf Foerster
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Dorit Gäbler
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Witold Orzechowski Director · Jerzy Gierałtowski Writer Alina Faflik Editor
United States release June 1, 1986 · Produced in Poland · Production Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych w Łodzi, Film Polski
Production
Zespół Filmowy "Silesia"
Production
Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych w Łodzi
Production
Film Polski
Production
Poland
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Original title
Wyrok śmierci
Original language
Polish
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Polish
Release dates
Poland · September 8, 1980
Theatrical
United States · June 1, 1986
Theatrical · Exact Date Unknown
Hungary
October 14, 1982 · Theatrical
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