Polonia Restituta
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A two-part historical film covering the years of the First World War and the post-war period up to 1919 - until the signing of the peace treaty in Versailles near Paris. An attempt to show the great and complicated process of regaining an independent existence by a nation within its own state. The screen shows characters from history textbooks: Józef Piłsudski, Ignacy Paderewski, Roman Dmowski, Wojciech Korfanty as well as representatives of the world political scene, incl. David Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vladimir Lenin and others.
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Janusz Zakrzeński
marszałek Józef Piłsudski
Also in
Clouds of War
The Story of Sin
Krzysztof Chamiec
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Also in
Kapitan Sowa na tropie
Walkover
Józef Fryźlewicz
Roman Dmowski
Also in
Królowa Bona
The Conductor
Jerzy Kaliszewski
Thomas Woodrow Wilson, prezydent USA
Also in
Soldiers of Freedom
Polskie drogi
Emil Karewicz
płk Edward House, współpracownik prezydenta Wilsona
Known for
Kanal
Knights of the Teutonic Order
Kirił Ławrow
Włodzimierz Lenin
No other roles listed
Edmund Fetting
Dawid Lloyd George, premier Wielkiej Brytanii
Known for
In Desert and Wilderness
Zdzisław Mrożewski
Arthur James Balfour, minister spraw zagranicznych UK
Also in
Death of a President
Nights and Days
Ignacy Gogolewski
Stefan Żeromski
Also in
Soldiers of Freedom
The Peasants
Zygmunt Malanowicz
Franek Pawlak
Known for
Knife in the Water
The Lure
Andrzej Precigs
Tadek Pawlak, brat Franka
Also in
Przyłbice i kaptury
Marszałek Piłsudski
Zbigniew Bielski
Janek Pawlak, brat Franka
Known for
Pigs 2: The Last Blood
Bohdan Poręba Director · Włodzimierz T. Kowalski Writer Wacław Dybowski Cinematographer
First release May 18, 1981 · Produced in Poland
Production
Zespół Filmowy "Profil"
Production
Poland
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Languages
Original language
Polish
Spoken on screen
Polish
Release dates
Poland · May 18, 1981
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No release date listed for United States.
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