''The Deluge'' ( pl, Potop) is a 1974 Polish historical drama film directed by

Jerzy Hoffman Jerzy Julian Hoffman (; born 15 March 1932) is a Polish director, screenwriter, and producer. He received the Polish Academy Life Achievement Award in February 2006. Hoffman is best known for his works in '' The Deluge'' (1974) and ''With Fire a ...

, based on the 1886 novel of the same name by Henryk Sienkiewicz. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the

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, but lost to '' Amarcord''. It is the third-most popular film in the history of Polish cinema, with more than 27.6 million tickets sold in its native country by 1987, and 30.5 million sold in the Soviet Union.

Plot

The film is set in the 17th century during the

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invasion of the

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi- confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ru ...

in the years 1655 to 1658, known as

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, which was eventually thwarted by Polish-Lithuanian forces. However, a quarter of the Polish-Lithuanian population died from the war and plague, and the country's economy was devastated.

Versions

The original film was digitally restored and shown on Polish TV in December, 2013. For its 40th anniversary, a new cut, ''Potop Redivivus'', two hours shorter than the original, was released in the fall of 2014. Golub-Dobrzyń 03

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Potop Redivivus: How Jerzy Hoffman Adapted Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Trilogy for the Screen
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