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Knights of the Teutonic Order (Polish: Krzyżacy) is a 1960 Polish film directed by Aleksander Ford based on the novel of the same name by Henryk Sienkiewicz.
| Knights of the Teutonic Order | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Aleksander Ford |
| Screenplay by | Jerzy Stefan Stawiński Aleksander Ford Henryk Sienkiewicz (novel) |
| Produced by | Zygmunt Król |
| Starring | Grażyna Staniszewska Urszula Modrzyńska Mieczysław Kalenik Aleksander Fogiel |
| Cinematography | Mieczysław Jahoda |
| Music by | Kazimierz Serocki |
Production company | Zespół Filmowy |
Release date |
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Running time | 166 minutes |
| Country | People's Republic of Poland |
| Language | Polish |
| Budget | zl 38,000,000 [1] |
| Box office | zl 100,000,000 (by March 1961)[1] |
The plot is situated in the late-14th century and early-15th century Poland and centers on the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War (1409-1411) and the final Battle of Grunwald (1410). 15,000 extras were employed to create the battle scenes.[2] The film attracted to cinema masses of viewers and remains one of the most attended films in Polish history: it sold 2 million tickets within several months,[3] 14 million after four years and as of 1987, it had some 32,315,695 admissions. It was also exported to forty-six foreign countries,[4] and sold 29.6 million tickets in the Soviet Union[5] and 2,650,700 in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic,[6] and was the most successful Polish film internationally.[7] It was a Polish submission to the 33rd Academy Awards.
It was released on 15 July 1960, the 550th anniversary of the battle of Grunwald.
Cast
- Grażyna Staniszewska as Danusia Jurandówna
- Urszula Modrzyńska as Jagienka ze Zgorzelic
- Mieczysław Kalenik as Zbyszko z Bogdańca
- Aleksander Fogiel as Maćko z Bogdańca
- Andrzej Szalawski as Jurand ze Spychowa
- Leon Niemczyk as Fulko de Lorche
- Henryk Borowski as Zygfryd de Löwe
- Mieczysław Voit as Kuno von Lichtenstein
- Tadeusz Białoszczyński as Duke Janusz I of Warsaw
- Stanisław Jasiukiewicz as Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights Ulrich von Jungingen
- Emil Karewicz as King Władysław Jagiełło
- Józef Kostecki as Lithuanian duke Witold
- Janusz Strachocki as Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights Konrad von Jungingen
- Lucyna Winnicka as Duchess Anna Danuta, wife of Janusz I of Warsaw
- Cezary Julski as Zawisza Czarny
- Jerzy Kozakiewicz as Cztan z Rogowa
- Janusz Paluszkiewicz as royal marshall
- Jerzy Pichelski as Powala of Taczew
References
- Maria Dąbrowska, Tadeusz Drewnowski. Dzienniki: 1958-1965. Czytelnik (1988). ISBN 9788307009742. p. 217.
- Kreuzritter: Kommische Oper. Der Spiegel, 5 July 1961.
- Marcin Zaremba. Komunizm, legitymizacja, nacjonalizm: nacjonalistyczna legitymizacja władzy komunistycznej w Polsce. Trio (2001). ISBN 9788388542145. p. 273.
- Haltof, Marek. Polish National Cinema. Berghahn Books (2002). ISBN 9781571812766. p. 97.
- Крестоносцы. kinopoisk.ru.
- Křižáci. Film Culture: Brno 1945-1970.
- "Polski's Top O'Seas Takes From 1947 Through 1975". Variety. May 12, 1976. p. 426.
External links
- Knights of the Teutonic Order at IMDb
- Krzyżacy at FilmPolski.pl
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- [en] Knights of the Teutonic Order (film)
[ru] Крестоносцы (фильм)
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