Death of a President
Directed by Jerzy KawalerowiczSet 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.
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Death of a President was released on October 10, 1977.
Death of a President was directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz.
Death of a President has a runtime of 2 hr 24 min.
The key characters in Death of a President are Gabriel Narutowicz (Zdzisław Mrożewski), Eligiusz Niewiadomski (Marek Walczewski), Priest Marceli Nowakowski (Henryk Bista).
Death of a President is a History, Drama film.
Death of a President has an audience rating of 7.2 out of 10.