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historical film A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in the past, usually used in the context of film and television, which presents historical events and characters with varying degrees of fiction such as ...

directed by

Józef Lejtes Józef Lejtes (22 November 1901 – 27 May 1983) was a Polish screenwriter and film director. He later worked in Israel and the United States. Selected filmography Poland: * '' Huragan'' (1928) * '' Z dnia na dzień'' (1929) * '' Dzikie pola'' ( ...

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Plot

The film takes place in

Congress Poland Congress Poland or Congress Kingdom of Poland, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland, was a polity created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a semi-autonomous Polish state, a successor to Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. It was established w ...

in 1863. Magrave

Aleksander Wielopolski Margrave () Aleksander Ignacy Jan-Kanty Wielopolski (1803–1877) was a Polish aristocrat, owner of large estates, and the 13th lord of the manor of Pinczów. In 1862 he was appointed head of Poland's Civil Administration within the Russian Emp ...

, proponent of peace with Russia, convinces Russian authorities to conscript young Polish activists into the Russian Army (for 20-year service), to avoid their uprising. One of the conspiration leaders, Tadeusz, avoids the conscripts and saves beautiful Helena from the hands of a Russian officer Ignatow. The

January Uprising The January Uprising was an insurrection principally in Russia's Kingdom of Poland that was aimed at putting an end to Russian occupation of part of Poland and regaining independence. It began on 22 January 1863 and continued until the last i ...

starts.

Cast

Zbigniew Sawan Zbigniew Sawan (14 April 1904 – 4 June 1984) was a Polish stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 25 films between 1928 and 1984. Studied directing in Państwowy Instytut Sztuki Teatralnej. Selected filmography * ''Huragan'' (1928) ...

– Tadeusz Orda * Renata Renee – Helena Zawisza *

Aleksander Zelwerowicz 200px, Zelwerowicz and Polish Radio, 1949 Aleksander Zelwerowicz (14 August 1877 in Lublin – 18 June 1955 in Warsaw) was a Polish actor, director, theatre president and a teacher. He received the Order of Polonia Restituta and is one of the Po ...

– Aleksander Wielopolski * Robert Valberg – count Ignatow * Jonas Turkow – barkeep * – Andrzej Zawisza * – forestry worker * – Ignatow' aide * Ada Kosmowska – Helena's mother * Janka Leńska – Janka, Helena's sister * Oktawian Kaczanowski * * Jaga Boryta * Jerzy Klimaszewski * * Zbigniew Ziembiński * Helena Buczyńska * * Karol Hanusz * Henryk Małkowski

References

External links

* 1928 films Polish historical films 1920s Polish-language films Polish black-and-white films Polish silent films 1920s historical films Films set in Poland Polish-language historical films {{Poland-film-stub