Smierc prezydenta (1977)

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Country: Poland
Genres: Drama, History
Release: 1977-10-10
Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Writers: Jerzy Kawalerowicz , Boleslaw Michalek
Language: Polish
Stars: Zdzislaw Mrozewski , Marek Walczewski , Henryk Bista , Czeslaw Byszewski , Jerzy Duszynski , Edmund Fetting , Kazimierz Iwor , Julian Jabczynski , Erwin Kohlund , Zbigniew Krynski
Runtime: 144 min
Awards: 3 wins & 1 nomination
AKA: En presidents død (Norway) , La muerte de un presidente (Spain) , La muerte del presidente (Mexico) , Smierc prezydenta , Śmierć prezydenta (Poland) , Presidentin kuolema (Finland) , Death of a President , La morte del presidente (Italy) , La muerte de un presidente (Argentina) , Az elnök halála (Hungary)
Plot: 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.
IMDB:tt0078283