1920 THE WORLD’S MOST IMPORTANT BATTLE

cast
Borys Szyc (Jan Krynicki), Natasza Urbańska (Ola Raniewska), Daniel Olbrychski (Marshall Józef Piłsudski), Bogusław Linda (Colonel Bolesław Wieniawa- Długoszowski), Marian Dziędziel (Tadeusz Rozwadowski), Jerzy Bończak (kapitan Kostrzewa), Ewa Wiśniewska (Ada)

Warsaw, 1920. Young Ola, a talented actress in variety theater, is the fiancé of Jan, a left leaning poet and flamboyant cavalryman. After receiving orders to leave for the front, Jan i proposes to Ola, and they decide to marry immediately. The marriage takes place in Saint Anna’s Church with young Father Ignacy Skorupka presiding. The powerful Red Army approached, marching westward to conquer the continent. During the fighting, Jan is accused of communist sympathies and Bolshevik agitation. He is court martialed and sentenced to death. Meanwhile, in the theater, Ola is being harassed by her ardent admirer, military police Captain Kostrzewa. Ola then enters the Women’s Auxiliary Legion to serve as a nurse and prepares to defend Warsaw. She still hope to find her husband who has vanished.

JERZY HOFFMAN

Born in 1932 in Krakow. Film director and screenwriter. Graduated form Moscow Film Institute in 1955. He made his debut film in 1954 with a short documentary Are You among Them? (Czy jesteś wśród nich?). Made 26 documentary films, awarded in Oberhausen, Krakow, Brussels, Moscow, Venice, Mannheim. Recipient of numerous international awards. In 1975 his film Deluge was nominated for an Oscar in the Foreign Language Film Category.

Filmography
2011                1920 the World’s Most Important Battle (1920. Bitwa warszawska)
2008                Ukraine – The Birth of a Nation (Ukraina. Narodziny narodu)
2003                An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God (Stara baśń. Kiedy słońce było bogiem)
1999                With Fire and Sword (Ogniem i mieczem)
1992                A Beautiful Stranger (Piękna nieznajoma)
1983                After Your Decrees (Wedle wyroków twoich)
1981                The Quack (Znachor)
1978                The Last Drop of Blood (Do krwi ostatniej)
1976                Leper (Trędowata)
1974                The Deluge (Potop)
1968                Colonel Wolodyjowski (Pan Wołodyjowski)
1967                The Father (Ojciec)
1966                The Market of Miracles (Jarmark cudów)
1964                The Law and the Fist (Prawo i pięść)