Polonia Restituta (1981)
Overview
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | pl |
| Popularity | 1.434 |
Directed By
Bohdan Poręba
Crew
Bohdan Poręba
Włodzimierz T. Kowalski
Czesław Niemen
Jacek Moczydłowski
Wacław Dybowski
Maria Karmolińska
Jarosław Ostanówko
Andrzej Płocki
Irena Włodarczyk
Teodor Grymaszewski
TOP CAST
Janusz Zakrzeński
marszałek Józef Piłsudski
Krzysztof Chamiec
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Józef Fryźlewicz
Roman Dmowski
Jerzy Kaliszewski
Thomas Woodrow Wilson, prezydent USA
Emil Karewicz
płk Edward House, współpracownik prezydenta Wilsona
Kirił Ławrow
Włodzimierz Lenin
Edmund Fetting
Dawid Lloyd George, premier Wielkiej Brytanii
Zdzisław Mrożewski
Arthur James Balfour, minister spraw zagranicznych UK
Ignacy Gogolewski
Stefan Żeromski
Zygmunt Malanowicz
Franek Pawlak
Andrzej Precigs
Tadek Pawlak, brat Franka
Zbigniew Bielski
Janek Pawlak, brat Franka
Janusz Bylczyński
ksiądz prałat, członek Rady Regencyjnej
Adolf Chronicki
Wacław Sieroszewski
Mariusz Dmochowski
Wojciech Trąmpczyński, marszałek Sejmu Ustawodawczego
Józef Kalita
arcybiskup Aleksander Kakowski, członek Rady Regencyjnej
Jerzy Krasuń
[obsada aktorska]
Eugeniusz Kujawski
pułkownik Edward Rydz-Śmigły, d-ca pierwszego pułku Legionów
Maciej Maciejewski
[obsada aktorska]
Wiktor Nanowski
kardynał, członek Tymczasowej Rady Stanu
Gabriel Nehrebecki
[obsada aktorska]
Józef Para
Leon Wasilewski, współpracownik Piłsudskiego
Marcin Sosnowski
Kazimierz Sosnkowski, współpracownik Piłsudskiego
Andrzej Szenajch
książę Zdzisław Lubomirski, prezydent Warszawy
Tomasz Zaliwski
Maciej Rataj, poseł na Sejm Ustawodawczy
Janusz Dziubiński
pułkownik Marian Januszajtis, legionista
Czesław Magnowski
Resistance fighter (uncredited)
Ignacy Machowski
dubbing roli granej przez Kiryła Ławrowa
Andro Kobaladze
Józef Stalin
Włodzimierz Adamski
legionista
Hanna Bedryńska
żona doktora
Emir Buczacki
Arystydes Briand, premier Francji
Władysław Dewoyno
ojciec braci Pawlaków
Barbara Dzido-Lelińska
gospodyni Piłsudskiego
Jerzy Fedorowicz
Marian Kukiel
Zbigniew Geiger
członek delegacji Pierwszej Brygady u Piłsudskiego
Stanisław Gronkowski
[obsada aktorska]
Andrzej Grzybowski
generał niemiecki
Tadeusz Hanusek
[obsada aktorska]
Witold Kałuski
polityk amerykański na koncercie Paderewskiego w Nowym Jorku
Stanisław Marian Kamiński
legionista
Tadeusz Kondrat
doktor
Eugeniusz Korczarowski
[obsada aktorska]
Zdzisław Kozień
ksiądz wygłaszający kazanie na ambonie
Marek Litewka
[obsada aktorska]
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
Aleksandr P. Izwolski, ambasador Rosji w Paryżu
Laura Łącz
żona Franka Pawlaka
Marian Łącz
legionista
Zygmunt Maciejewski
Ludomir Grendyszyński, członek Tymczasowej Rady Stanu
Henryk Machalica
Wacław Niemojewski, marszałek Tymczasowej Rady Stanu
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