Death of a President

Overview

After Poland won freedom from of its long overlordship by Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, it took a further four years for its National Assembly to elect Gabriel Narutowicz as its first president. Narutowicz was a professor who until his election had been living in Switzerland. Those were chaotic times, and shortly after his election, he was assassinated by right-wing fanatics. This epic Polish film chronicles the circumstances of Narutowicz's election and assassination.

Cast

Zdzisław Mrożewski

Gabriel Narutowicz

Marek Walczewski

Eligiusz Niewiadomski

Henryk Bista

Priest Marceli Nowakowski

N/A

Czesław Byszewski

Prime Minister Julian Nowak

Jerzy Duszyński

Józef Pilsudski

Edmund Fetting

General Józef Haller

N/A

Kazimierz Iwor

Herman Lieberman

Tomasz Zaliwski

Maciej Rataj

N/A

Roman Sikora

Wojciech Trąmpczyński

Andrzej Krasicki

Antoni Kamieński

N/A

Jerzy Sagan

Wincenty Witos

Zbigniew Kryński

Stanisław Thugutt