After traveling throughout Italy in the summer 1798 duke Jan Gintułt returns to his homeland. Here, by chance he meets a young nobleman, Rafał Olbromski, who becomes his secretary. Intelligent, but somewhat naive and hypersensitive Rafał accompanies Duke Gintułt on his journeys. In Warsaw he gets introduced in Freemasonry circles centered around Prince Poniatowski, he joins the Napoleon`s army and takes part in the subsequent bloody battles.
Popioły
1965
16 years
236 min.
Fiction
Poland
P&B
Andrzej Wajda
Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski
Jerzy Lipman
Halina Nawrocka
Daniel Olbrychski, Bogusław Kierc, Piotr Wysocki, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Pola Raksa
Rytm Film Production
Andrzej Markowski
ZEBRA Film Studio
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