A two-part historical film covering the years of the First World War and the post-war period up to 1919 - until the signing of the peace treaty in Versailles near Paris. An attempt to show the great and complicated process of regaining an independent existence by a nation within its own state. The screen shows characters from history textbooks: Józef Piłsudski, Ignacy Paderewski, Roman Dmowski, Wojciech Korfanty as well as representatives of the world political scene, incl. David Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vladimir Lenin and others.
Stars: Janusz Zakrzeński, Krzysztof Chamiec, Józef Fryźlewicz, Jerzy Kaliszewski, Emil Karewicz, Kirił Ławrow
Crew: Bohdan Poręba (Director), Włodzimierz T. Kowalski (Writer), Wacław Dybowski (Director of Photography), Andrzej Płocki (Production Design), Maria Karmolińska (Set Decoration), Irena Włodarczyk (Costume Design)
Country: Poland
Language: Polski
Studio: Zespół Filmowy "Profil"
Runtime: 220 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: May 18, 1981
IMDb: 10
