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Death of a President

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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.

Date: 10/10/1977

Rating: 6.2

Cast: Zdzisław Mrożewski, Marek Walczewski, Henryk Bista, Czesław Byszewski, Jerzy Duszyński, Edmund Fetting, Kazimierz Iwor, Tomasz Zaliwski, Roman Sikora, Andrzej Krasicki, Jerzy Sagan, Zbigniew Kryński, Lucjan Dytrych, Teodor Gendera, Włodzimierz Saar, Julian Jabczyński, Janusz Sykutera, Marian Godlewski, Józef Zbiróg, Tadeusz Sabara, Stanisław Marian Kamiński, Andrzej Szenajch, Paweł Łęski, Tadeusz Szaniecki, Henryk Dudziński, Andrzej Grzybowski, Edmund Karwański, Tadeusz Kożusznik, Andrzej Grąziewicz, Józef Kalita, Zdzisław Szymborski, Hans-Joachim Recknitz, Adam Baumann

Zdzisław Mrożewski