Death of a President
(1977)
★ 6.2 IMDb · 8 votes
Year: 1977
Runtime: 144 мин
Country: Poland
Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Cast: Zdzisław Mrożewski, Марек Вальчевский, Хенрик Биста, Czesław Byszewski, Jerzy Duszyński, Edmund Fetting, Kazimierz Iwor, Tomasz Zaliwski, Roman Sikora, Анджей Красицкий
Plot
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.