Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)
"Pan Wolodyjowski" (original title)

Set in the 17th century Poland.

Director:

Jerzy Hoffman

Writers:

Jerzy Hoffman, Jerzy Lutowski,

Stars:

Tadeusz Lomnicki, Magdalena Zawadzka, Mieczyslaw Pawlikowski

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tadeusz Lomnicki	...	Michal Wolodyjowski
Magdalena Zawadzka	...	Basia
Mieczyslaw Pawlikowski	...	Onufry Zagloba
Hanka Bielicka	...	Makowiecka
Barbara Brylska	...	Krzysia Drohojowska
Irena Karel	...	Ewa Nowowiejska
Jan Nowicki	...	Ketling Hassling of Elgin
Daniel Olbrychski	...	Azja Tuhaj-Bejowicz
Marek Perepeczko	...	Adam Nowowiejski
Mariusz Dmochowski	...	Jan Sobieski
Wladyslaw Hancza	...	Nowowiejski
Gustaw Lutkiewicz	...	Lusnia
Tadeusz Schmidt	...	Snitko
Andrzej Szczepkowski	...	Bishop Lanckoronski
Leonard Andrzejewski	...	Halim

Storyline

Set in the 17th century Poland.

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Plot Keywords:

poland | burned at the stake | loincloth | burned alive | medieval times | 

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Genres:

Adventure

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Details

Country:

Poland

Language:

Polish

Release Date:

28 March 1969 (Poland)

Also Known As:

Colonel Wolodyjowski

Filming Locations:

Bakhchisarai, Crimea, Ukraine

Company Credits

Production Co:

Film Polski, Zespol Filmowy "Kamera"

Technical Specs

Runtime:

160 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

During the scene where a powder store is blown up, in Part 2 of the film, a motor vehicle can clearly be seen moving upon a road in the background.

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Connections

Followed by With Fire and Sword (1999)

User Reviews

Not the greatest historical epic, but definitely much to impress.

"Pan Wolodyjowski" does not rank with some of the great film epics, such as "Lawerence of Arabia," but there is definitely much to impress the lover of historical films. This is especially true if, like me, you have grown tired of all the usual times and places that make it repeatedly into film and wish to discover a new realm of barbaric splendor and excitement. In the late-1600s, while colonists in America were struggling to defend their western frontier, there was another borderland - a "Wild East" if you will - between Europe and Asia. The frontier between the Ottoman Empire and Europe lay through Poland, Ukraine, and southeastern Europe, and each side was trying to invade the other's. This was a world of Tatars and Turks, Cossacks and Polish "winged hussars," scimitars and lances, fur caps and feathers everywhere.

This film adaptation of the last of Henryk Sienkiewicz' historical trilogy is a bit dated in its looks - women with big hair and bangs, the colors a bit too bright - but with a cast of thousands the story the film tells is compelling and filled with enough pitched battles, chases, explosions, hair's-breadth escapes, love stories, strong male and female characters, rapes, murders, impalings and suicides to keep all but the most special-effects dazed teenager entertained. But more than that, this film is a gateway into forgotten realms. Can anyone watch this or the other two episodes in the trilogy ("The Deluge," and "With Fire and Sword") and ever listen to another "dumb Polack" joke again? I don't think so.