The Deluge 1974 N/R, 300 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jerzy Hoffman Cast: Daniel Olbrychski, Malgorzata Braunek, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Kazimierz Wichniarz, Wladyslaw Hancza, Leszek Teleszynski, Ryszard Filipski, Wieslawa Mazurkiewicz, Franciszek Pieczka, Leslaw Janicki
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film and based on a novel by Nobel prize-winning author Henryk Sienkiewicz, this saga is set during the Polish-Swedish war in the 17th century. A warrior (Daniel Olbrychski) fights not only for Poland but for the heart of Olenka (Malgorzata Braunek). Nicely photographed, even to the use of old Polish castles as subjects.
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Pan Wolodyjowski 1969 N/R, 160 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama aka: Colonel Wolodyjowski
Director: Jerzy Hoffman Cast: Tadeusz Lomnicki, Daniel Olbrychski, Jan Nowicki, Mariusz Dmochowski, Barbara Brylska, Irena Karel, Magdalena Zawadzka, Mieczyslaw Pawlikowski, Hanka Bielicka, Marek Perepeczko
Based on a historical novel by Henry Sienkiewicz, this is the story of the Turkish invasion of Poland's Eastern frontier in the mid-17th century.
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With Fire and Sword 1999 N/R, 183 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jerzy Hoffman Cast: Izabella Scorupco, Michal Zebrowski, Aleksandr Domogarov, Krzysztof Kowalewski, Bogdan Stupka, Andrzej Seweryn, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Wiktor Zborowski, Wojciech Malajkat, Ewa Wisniewska, Daniel Olbrychski, Ruslana Pisanko
Based on the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz, this story is set in 17th-century Poland during the Ukrainian Cossacks' uprising against the Polish nobility.
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| 1. The Deluge (1974)
2. Pan Wolodyjowski (1969) aka: Colonel Wolodyjowski
3. With Fire and Sword (1999)
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