Śmierć prezydenta = Death of the president / Zespół Filmowy KADR ; scenariusz, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Bolesław Michałek ; reżyseria, Jerzy Kawalerowicz.
Publisher:
Polart,
Copyright Date:
1997
Description:
1 videocassette (145 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Zdzisław Mrożewski, Marek Walczewski, Jerzy Duszyński. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1977.
Summary:
Set at the historic moment of rebirth of Poland after World War I. The newly organized National Assembly elected Gabriel Narutowicz, a professor returning home from Switzerland to enter public life, as the first President in the history of Polish Republic. The film shows the turmoil leading to Narutowicz's election by a National Assembly divided between Polish Nationalists and the minorities, comprising one third of the population. A few days after the election the President was assasinated by a fanatic Nationalist while opening an art exhibit.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)40760081
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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