With Fire and Sword (film)

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With Fire and Sword
Directed by Jerzy Hoffman
Produced by Jerzy Frykowski, Jerzy Hoffman, Jerzy R. Michaluk
Written by Jerzy Hoffman, Andrzej Krakowski
Starring Izabella Scorupco, Michał Żebrowski, Aleksandr Domogarov
Music by Krzesimir Debski
Cinematography Grzegorz Kedzierski
Editing by Marcin Bastkowski, Cezary Grzesiuk
Release date(s) 1999
Running time 175 min.
Language Polish
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With Fire and Sword is the English title of the Polish film Ogniem i Mieczem, a historical drama directed by Jerzy Hoffman, released in 1999. The film is based on a novel of the same name by Henryk Sienkiewicz.

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[edit] Plot

The story is set in Poland of the 17th century during the Chmielnicki Uprising.

[edit] Trivia

  • At the time it was filmed, the film was the most expensive Polish film ever made (since surpassed by Quo Vadis, 2001).
  • Although the novel is the first part of the Trilogy, the film was the last part of Hoffman's version of the trilogy to be made, following The Deluge, which was filmed in 1974, and Colonel Wolodyjowski, which was filmed in 1969.

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