Death of a President

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.

• Jerzy KawalerowiczDirector
• Bolesław MichałekWriter
• Jerzy KawalerowiczWriter
• Adam WalacińskiOriginal Music Composer

• Zdzisław MrożewskiGabriel Narutowicz
• Marek WalczewskiEligiusz Niewiadomski
• Henryk BistaPriest Marceli Nowakowski
• Czesław ByszewskiPrime Minister Julian Nowak
• Jerzy DuszyńskiJózef Pilsudski
• Edmund FettingGeneral Józef Haller
• Kazimierz IworHerman Lieberman
• Tomasz ZaliwskiMaciej Rataj
• Roman SikoraWojciech Trąmpczyński
• Andrzej KrasickiAntoni Kamieński
• Jerzy SaganWincenty Witos
• Zbigniew KryńskiStanisław Thugutt