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Death of a President (Polish: Śmierć prezydenta) is a 1977 Polish drama film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz. It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution. The film was also selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film depicts the 1922 assassination of the first President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz by artist and Endecja sympathizer Eligiusz Niewiadomski.
Original Release
10/10/1977
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Zdzisław Mrożewski | Gabriel Narutowicz |
| Marek Walczewski | Eligiusz Niewiadomski |
| Henryk Bista | Priest Nowakowski / Priest Marceli Nowakowski |
| Czeslaw Byszewski | Prime Minister Julian Nowak |
| Jerzy Duszynski | Józef Pilsudski |
| Edmund Fetting | General Józef Haller |
| Kazimierz Iwor | Herman Lieberman |
| Julian Jabczynski | Stefan Przezdziecki |
| Erwin Kohlund | Prof. Isseling |
| Zbigniew Krynski | Stanislaw Józef Thugutt / Stanisław Thugutt |
Directors
Writers
Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Bolesław Michałek
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Zdzisław Mrożewski | Gabriel Narutowicz |
| Marek Walczewski | Eligiusz Niewiadomski |
| Henryk Bista | Priest Nowakowski / Priest Marceli Nowakowski |
| Czeslaw Byszewski | Prime Minister Julian Nowak |
| Jerzy Duszynski | Józef Pilsudski |
| Edmund Fetting | General Józef Haller |
| Kazimierz Iwor | Herman Lieberman |
| Julian Jabczynski | Stefan Przezdziecki |
| Erwin Kohlund | Prof. Isseling |
| Zbigniew Krynski | Stanislaw Józef Thugutt / Stanisław Thugutt |
| Leszek Kubanek | Norbert Barlicki |
| Wlodzimierz Saar | Stanislaw Stronski |
| Jerzy Sagan | Wincenty Witos |
| Janusz Sykutera | Stanislaw Car / Stanisław Car |
| Tomasz Zaliwski | Maciej Rataj |
| Jerzy Adamczak | Konrad Ilski |
| Marek Dowmunt | Major Polkowski |
| Marta Dutkiewicz | Narutowicz's Niece |
| Lucjan Dytrych | Ignacy Daszynski / Ignacy Daszyński |
| Liliana Komorowska | Narutowicz's Niece |
