''Piłsudski'' is a 2019 Polish

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directed and written by

Michał Rosa Michał Rosa (born 27 September 1963 in Zabrze) is a Polish movie director. He is a graduate from the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice. Filmography *'' Piłsudski'' (2019) *"Szczęście Świata" (2016) *'' Scratch'' (2008) *"Co s� ...

Plot

In 1901, the

Polish Socialist Party The Polish Socialist Party (, PPS) is a democratic socialist political party in Poland. It was one of the most significant parties in Poland from its founding in 1892 until its forced merger with the communist Polish Workers' Party to form ...

helped

Józef Piłsudski Józef Klemens Piłsudski (; 5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State (Poland), Chief of State (1918–1922) and first Marshal of Poland (from 1920). In the aftermath of World War I, he beca ...

escape from an asylum in Saint Petersburg. After his escape, Piłsudski created

Combat Organization of the Polish Socialist Party Combat ( French for ''fight'') is a purposeful violent conflict between multiple combatants with the intent to harm the opposition. Combat may be armed (using weapons) or unarmed ( not using weapons). Combat is resorted to either as a method of ...

. On 13 November 1904, the first armed attack of the Combat Organization took place in Grzybowski Square during a demonstration. The Combat Organization murdered Russian generals and officers. PPS members accused 'Ziuk' for his methods. In September 1908, PPS performs successful train robbery in Bezdany. In 1914,

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began, and Piłsudski took it as an advantage. With permission of Austro-Hungarian authorities, he created Legions, which fought against Russian Empire. In 1918, Piłsudski arrived in Warsaw and delivered speech about Poland's revival.

Cast

Borys Szyc Borys Michał Szyc-Michalak (Polish: ; born Borys Michalak; 4 September 1978) is a Polish film and theatre actor and musician. In 2010, he received the Polish Academy Award for Best Actor. Life and career He was born in Łódź, Poland. He grad ...

* Magdalena Boczarska as Maria Piłsudska *Jan Marczewski as

Walery Sławek Walery Jan Sławek (; 2 November 1879 – 3 April 1939) was a Polish politician, freemason, military officer and activist, who in the early 1930s served three times as Prime Minister of Poland. He was one of the closest aides of Polish lead ...

* Józef Pawłowski as Aleksander Sulkiewicz * Maria Dębska as Aleksandra Piłsudska * Eliza Rycembel as Wanda Juszkiewiczówna * Tomasz Schuchardt as

Aleksander Prystor Aleksander Błażej Prystor (; 2 January 1874 – 1941) was a Polish politician, activist, soldier and freemason, who served as 23rd Prime Minister of Poland from 1931 to 1933. He was a member of the Combat Organization of the Polish Socialist ...

*Tomasz Borkowski as Józef Kwiatek *Filip Kosior as

Tadeusz Kasprzycki Tadeusz Adam Kasprzycki (16 January 1891 – 4 December 1978) was a member of the Polish Legions in First World War, major general of the Polish Armed Forces from 1929 and Minister of Military Affairs of Poland from 1935 to 1939. He commanded ...

Kamil Szeptycki Kamil Szeptycki (born 27 January 1991) is a Polish actor. He is best known for his roles in the films '' Stones for the Rampart'' (2014) and '' Piłsudski'' (2019). Early life Szeptycki was born in Immenstadt to Polish parents who immigrated to ...

Kazimierz Sosnkowski General Kazimierz Sosnkowski (; 19 November 1885 – 11 October 1969) was a Polish independence fighter, general, diplomat, and architect. He was a major political figure and an accomplished commander, notable in particular for his contribu ...

*Krzysztof Chodorowski as Władysław Mazurkiewicz *Hubert Kułacz as Tomasz Arciszewski

Filming

The filming took place in

Kraków , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...

Lublin Lublin is List of cities and towns in Poland, the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the centre of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin i ...

Zakopane Zakopane (Gorals#Language, Podhale Goral: ''Zokopane'') is a town in the south of Poland, in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998, it was part of Nowy Sącz Voivodeship; since 1999, it has ...

Zgierz Zgierz is a city in central Poland, located just to the north of Łódź, and part of the metropolitan area centered on that city. As of 2021, it had a population of 54,974. Located within the historic Łęczyca Land, it is the capital of Zgie ...

Łódź Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...

, Kasina Wielka, Tarnawa and

Lubiąż Lubiąż () (German: Leubus) is a village (former city) on the east bank of the Odra (Oder) River, in the administrative district of Gmina Wołów, within Wołów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately ...

Lubiąż Abbey Lubiąż Abbey (; ) is a former Cistercian monastery in Lubiąż, in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship of southwestern Poland, located about northwest of Wrocław. With a main facade measuring , Lubiąż is one of the largest abbeys ever constructe ...

was used for filming Saint Petersburg psychiatric hospital scenes. The filming lasted from August 9 to October 3 and from December 8 to December 14 in 2018.

Reception

Marcin Grudziąż gave the film 3 out of 5 stars. In his review, he praised Szyc's acting and scenography but criticized small scale battle scenes, Dębska's acting, and giving up many events.

Accolades

References

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* * * Józef Piłsudski 2019 films 2010s Polish-language films 2010s Russian-language films 2019 multilingual films Polish historical drama films 2010s historical drama films Polish war drama films Films set in Saint Petersburg Films set in Poland Films shot in Poland Films set in Kraków Films shot in Kraków Films set in Russia Films directed by Michal Rosa {{bio-film-stub Films set in the 1900s Films set in the 1910s Films set in Warsaw KADR films