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Borys Szyc (Józef Piłsudski), Magdalena Boczarska (Maria Piłsudska), Maria Dębska (Aleksandra Szczerbińska), Eliza Rycembel (Wanda Juszkiewiczówna), Jan Marczewski (Walery Sławek), Józef Pawłowski (Aleksander Sulkiewicz)
It’s 1901. After a daring escape from a psychiatric hospital, Józef Piłsudski once again becomes the leader of the underground independence movement in Poland. He’s unyielding on the battlefield, but in his private life he surrenders to passion, torn between the two women of his life: his wife and his lover. While the conservative members of the Polish Socialist Party see him as a terrorist, to achieve their goal of an independent Poland, Piłsudski and his closest associates will not refrain from anything, be it attacks on tsarist officials and highest-ranking army officers, smuggling bombs, or robbing trains. 1914 approaches and Pilsudski sees new opportunities for accomplishing the impossible, the independence of Poland. This is picaresque movie is also a passionate romance, the true story of the Polish national hero Pilsudski as never shown before.
MICHAŁ ROSA
Born in 1963 in Zabrze. Director and screenwriter. Graduated from the Architecture Department of the Silesian Polytechnic and from the Radio and TV School of Silesian University in Directing, where he is a lecturer. Member of the artistic board of the “30 minutes” program. An artistic supervisor of several dozen short feature films. Expert of the Polish Film Institute.
FILMOGRAPHY
2019 Pilsudski (Piłsudski)
2016 Happiness of the World (Szczęście świata)
2016 Bodo – TV series
2008-13 Time of Honor (Czas honoru) – TV series
2008 Scratch (Rysa)
2006 What the Sun has Seen (Co słonko widziało)
2002-10 Just Life (Samo życie) – TV series
2001 Silence (Cisza)
1997 Paint (Farba)
1993 Hot Thursday (Gorący czwartek)
screenings
AMC Village Crossing 18
(700 Carpenter Rd., Skokie)
Friday, 11/15/2019 7:30 PM.
Copernicus Center
(5216 W. Lawrence Ave., Chicago)
Sunday, 11/17/2019 5:00 PM.
2019, 108 min, Poland
Polish with English subtitles
Direction/Reżyseria
MICHAŁ ROSA
Script/Scenariusz
MICHAŁ ROSA
Cinematography/Zdjęcia
PIOTR ŚLISKOWSKI
Art Direction/Scenografia
ŁUKASZ TRZCIŃSKI,
RYSZARD MELLIWA
Music/Muzyka
STEFAN WESOŁOWSKI
Editing/Montaż
RAFAŁ LISTOPAD
Sound/Dźwięk
PIOTR DOMARADZKI,
MARCIN JACHYRA
Produced by/Produkcja
KADR FILM STUDIO
Producer/Producent
DARIUSZ SIDOR