Directed by:
Jerzy HoffmanCinematography:
Jerzy LipmanComposer:
Andrzej MarkowskiCast:
Tadeusz Łomnicki, Magdalena Zawadzka, Mieczyslaw Pawlikowski, Hanka Bielicka, Barbara Brylska, Irena Karel, Jan Nowicki, Daniel Olbrychski (more)Plots(1)
This spectacular epic is based on the final part of Polish cult historic trilogy by Henryk Sienkiewicz. It takes place in the second half of the 17th century and deals with the war against the Turks and Tartars. The hero, Michał Wołodyjowski, called "Poland's best sabre", is a knight willing to put his life on stake to defend his country. (Summer Film School)
(more)Cast
Tadeusz Łomnicki
Poland
Best movies:
Man of Marble (1977)
Potop (1974)
Blind Chance (1981)
Magdalena Zawadzka
Poland
Best movies:
The Master and Margarita (1988) (series)
Camouflage (1976)
Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)
Mieczyslaw Pawlikowski
Ukraine
Best movies:
Gangsterzy i filantropi (1962)
Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)
Nie lubię poniedziałku (1971)
Hanka Bielicka
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Gangsterzy i filantropi (1962)
Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)
Forbidden Songs (1946)
Barbara Brylska
Poland
Best movies:
Admiral (2009) (series)
The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (1975) (TV movie)
Liberation: Breakthrough (1970)
Irena Karel
Poland
Best movies:
Lekcja martwego języka (1979)
Miś (1980)
Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)
Jan Nowicki
Poland
Best movies:
Big Shar (1982)
Diary for My Loves (1987)
Family Life (1970)
Daniel Olbrychski
Poland
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
The Promised Land (1974)
Potop (1974)
Marek Perepeczko
Poland
Best movies:
The Birch Wood (1970)
The Ashes (1965)
Sara (1997)
Mariusz Dmochowski
Poland
Best movies:
Birth Certificate (1961)
Eroica (1957)
Camouflage (1976)
Władysław Hańcza
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Potop (1974)
The Ashes (1965)
Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
Best movies:
Znachor (1981)
A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Tadeusz Schmidt
Poland
Best movies:
Potop (1974)
Liberation: Breakthrough (1970)
Birth Certificate (1961)
Andrzej Szczepkowski
Poland
Best movies:
The Last Stop (1948)
Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)
The Wedding (1972)
Leonard Andrzejewski
Poland
Best movies:
A Short Film About Killing (1987)
Wsród nocnej ciszy (1978)
Potop (1974)
Bogusz Bilewski
Poland
Best movies:
Potop (1974)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)
Aleksander Gassowski
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Potop (1974)
Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)
Nie lubię poniedziałku (1971)
Wiktor Grotowicz
Poland
Best movies:
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)
Giuseppe in Warsaw (1964)
Jerzy Kaczmarek
Poland
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
The Ashes (1965)
Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)
Witold Skaruch
Poland
Best movies:
The Master and Margarita (1988) (series)
Potop (1974)
Lekcja martwego języka (1979)