Piłsudski (film)

This article is about the film. For other uses, see Piłsudski (disambiguation).

Piłsudski is a 2019 Polish biographical drama film directed and written by Michał Rosa.^[3][4][5][6]

Piłsudski
Directed by	Michał Rosa
Written by	Michał Rosa
Starring	Borys Szyc Magdalena Boczarska Jan Marczewski
Cinematography	Piotr Śliskowski
Edited by	Rafał Listopad
Music by	Stefan Wesołowski
Production company	Kadr
Distributed by	Next Film
Release dates	September 5, 2019 (2019-09-05) (Worldwide) September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13) (Poland)
Running time	208 minutes
Country	Poland
Languages	Polish Russian
Budget	14 900 000 zł[1]
Box office	1,034,548 $[2]

Plot

In 1901, the Polish Socialist Party helped Józef Piłsudski escape from an asylum in Saint Petersburg. After his escape, Piłsudski created Combat Organization of the Polish Socialist Party.

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, World War I 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 as Józef Piłsudski
• Magdalena Boczarska as Maria Piłsudska
• Jan Marczewski as Walery Sławek
• Józef Pawłowski as Aleksander Sulkiewicz
• Maria Dębska as Aleksandra Piłsudska
• Eliza Rycembel as Wanda Juszkiewiczówna
• Tomasz Schuchardt as Aleksander Prystor
• Tomasz Borkowski as Józef Kwiatek
• Filip Kosior as Tadeusz Kasprzycki
• Kamil Szeptycki as Kazimierz Sosnkowski
• Krzysztof Chodorowski as Władysław Mazurkiewicz
• Hubert Kułacz as Tomasz Arciszewski

Filming

The filming took place in Kraków, Lublin, Zakopane, Zgierz, Łódź, Kasina Wielka, Tarnawa and Lubiąż. Lubiąż Abbey 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.^[7]

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.^[8]

Accolades

Award	Category	Recipient	Result
Gdynia Film Festival	Best Actress	Magdalena Boczarska	Won
	Best Film	Michał Rosa	Nominated
Polish Film Award	Best Actor	Borys Szyc	Nominated
	Best makeup	Dariusz Krysiak, Miroslawa Wojtczak, Waldemar Pokromski	Nominated