Death of a President
1977, Polish. Directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz.
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.
- Runtime
- 2h 24m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Polish
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Cast & crew
- Jerzy KawalerowiczDirector
- 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
Details
- Released
- 10 October 1977
- Original title
- Śmierć prezydenta
- Country
- Poland
- Written by
- Bolesław Michałek, Jerzy Kawalerowicz
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Death of a President runs 144 minutes (2h 24m).
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Death of a President isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 October 1977. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Death of a President?
Death of a President (1977) was directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz and stars Zdzisław Mrożewski, Marek Walczewski, Henryk Bista.