
Polonia Restituta
Drama · History
Overview
A two-part historical film covering the years of the First World War and the post-war period up to 1919 - until the signing of the peace treaty in Versailles near Paris. An attempt to show the great and complicated process of regaining an independent existence by a nation within its own state. The screen shows characters from history textbooks: Józef Piłsudski, Ignacy Paderewski, Roman Dmowski, Wojciech Korfanty as well as representatives of the world political scene, incl. David Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vladimir Lenin and others.
Top Cast


Janusz Zakrzeński
Janusz Zakrzeński
marszałek Józef Piłsudski
Janusz Zakrzeński
marszałek Józef Piłsudski


Krzysztof Chamiec
Krzysztof Chamiec
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Krzysztof Chamiec
Ignacy Jan Paderewski


Józef Fryźlewicz
Józef Fryźlewicz
Roman Dmowski
Józef Fryźlewicz
Roman Dmowski


Jerzy Kaliszewski
Jerzy Kaliszewski
Thomas Woodrow Wilson, prezydent USA
Jerzy Kaliszewski
Thomas Woodrow Wilson, prezydent USA


Emil Karewicz
Emil Karewicz
płk Edward House, współpracownik prezydenta Wilsona
Emil Karewicz
płk Edward House, współpracownik prezydenta Wilsona
Kirił Ławrow
Kirił Ławrow
Włodzimierz Lenin
Kirił Ławrow
Włodzimierz Lenin


Edmund Fetting
Edmund Fetting
Dawid Lloyd George, premier Wielkiej Brytanii
Edmund Fetting
Dawid Lloyd George, premier Wielkiej Brytanii


Zdzisław Mrożewski
Zdzisław Mrożewski
Arthur James Balfour, minister spraw zagranicznych UK
Zdzisław Mrożewski
Arthur James Balfour, minister spraw zagranicznych UK


Ignacy Gogolewski
Ignacy Gogolewski
Stefan Żeromski
Ignacy Gogolewski
Stefan Żeromski


Zygmunt Malanowicz
Zygmunt Malanowicz
Franek Pawlak
Zygmunt Malanowicz
Franek Pawlak
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