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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.[1] 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.[2]

Death of a President
Directed by	Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Written by	Jerzy Kawalerowicz Bolesław Michałek
Starring	Zdzisław Mrożewski
Cinematography	Jerzy Łukaszewicz Witold Sobociński
Edited by	Wiesława Otocka
Production company	KADR
Release date	10 October 1977 (1977-10-10)
Running time	144 minutes
Country	Poland
Language	Polish

The film depicts the 1922 assassination of the first President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz by artist and Endecja sympathizer Eligiusz Niewiadomski.

Cast

• Zdzisław Mrożewski as president Gabriel Narutowicz
• Marek Walczewski as paitner Eligiusz Niewiadomski
• Henryk Bista as priest Marceli Nowakowski
• Czesław Byszewski as Prime Minister Julian Nowak
• Jerzy Duszyński as marshall Józef Piłsudski
• Edmund Fetting as general Józef Haller
• Kazimierz Iwor as Herman Lieberman
• Julian Jabczyński as count Stefan Przezdziecki
• Zbigniew Kryński as Stanisław Thugutt
• Leszek Kubanek as Norbert Barlicki
• Włodzimierz Saar as Stanisław Stroński
• Jerzy Sagan as Wincenty Witos
• Janusz Sykutera as Stanisław Car
• Tomasz Zaliwski as Maciej Rataj
• Teodor Gendera as Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski

See also

• List of submissions to the 51st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Polish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links

• Death of a President at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Death of a President (1977 film)

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[ru] Смерть президента (фильм)

Смерть президента (польск. Śmierć prezydenta) — польский исторический художественный фильм, снятый в 1977 году режиссёром Ежи Кавалеровичем.

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