Polonia Restituta

Polonia Restituta

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  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

May 18, 1981

Runtime

3h 40m

Genres

Drama, History

Original Title

Polonia Restituta

Production Companies

Zespół Filmowy "Profil"

Director

Bohdan Poręba

Description

A two-part historical film covering the years of the First World War and the post-war period up to 1919 - until the signing of the peace treaty in Versailles near Paris. An attempt to show the great and complicated process of regaining an independent existence by a nation within its own state. The screen shows characters from history textbooks: Józef Piłsudski, Ignacy Paderewski, Roman Dmowski, Wojciech Korfanty as well as representatives of the world political scene, incl. David Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vladimir Lenin and others.