In spring 1946, Warsaw historian Wojtek arrives in a Polish provincial town to study the Renaissance. He soon becomes entangled in the fierce postwar power struggle between the Soviet-backed People’s Government—nationalizing industry and land—and reactionary exiled forces waging “bandit terror,” from train robberies to political assassinations. As violence escalates, Wojtek shifts from observer to active defender of the new “people’s power.”
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Otto Mellies
Wojtek
Known for
Back on Track
Bianca Cavallini
Anastazja
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Gerhard Respondek
Zbigniew Nienacki
Fritz Mohr
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Bernhard Thieme
Wilfried Ortmann
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Heidemarie Wenzel
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Jessy Rameik
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...inklusive Totenschein
Gerhard Respondek Director · Bernhard Thieme Writer Zbigniew Nienacki Author
First release December 8, 1968 · Produced in XG, Germany · Production Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF)
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Fernsehen der DDR
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Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF)
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XG · Germany
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German
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German
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Germany · December 8, 1968
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