An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God
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| Directed by | Jerzy Hoffman |
| Produced by | Jerzy R. Michaluk, Jerzy Hoffman |
| Written by | Józef Hen, Jerzy Hoffman |
| Starring | Bohdan Stupka, Michał Żebrowski, Daniel Olbrychski |
| Music by | Krzesimir Debski |
| Cinematography | Pawel Lebieszew, Jerzy Gościk |
| Editing by | Cezary Grzesiuk |
| Release date(s) | 2003 |
| Running time | 135 min. |
| Language | Polish |
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An Ancient Tale: When the Sun was a God is the English title of the Polish film Stara Baśń: Kiedy słonce było bogiem, directed by Jerzy Hoffman, released in 2003. The film is based on a novel by the Polish writer Jozef Ignacy Kraszewski.
An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God takes place in ninth-century Europe, when various Slavic tribes lived in lands that would later become the nation of Poland; at a time when each tribe worshipped its own deities. A cruel prince, Popiel, and his scheming wife will do anything in their power to pass control of this land to their son. (According to legend, Popiel will ultimately be eaten by mice.) The commander of Popiel's army, Piastun, opposed to the crimes and intrigues that Popiel orders him to commit upon the people to guarantee the succession, turns on Popiel.
Popiel seeks revenge upon his old commander, but Piastun is rescued from death by a young hunter and warrior, Ziemowit Pastowic. Ziemowit has spent years living with the Vikings and has only recently returned to his former homeland. Ziemowit falls in love with Dziwa, lovely daughter of Wisz, a wealthy local merchant; he wishes to marry her, but Dziwa's fate is sealed by her father — she is to become a priestess in the local temple...
[edit] Cast
- Bohdan Stupka as Popiel
- Ryszard Filipski as Wisz
- Jerzy Trela as Wizun
- Ewa Wiśniewska as Jarucha
- Anna Dymna as Jaga
- Małgorzata Foremniak as Księżna
- Maciej Kozłowski as Smerda
- Michał Żebrowski as Ziemek
- Katarzyna Bujakiewicz as Mila
- Daniel Olbrychski as Piastun
- Maria Niklińska as Żywia
- Andrzej Pieczyński as Znosek
- Marina Aleksandrowa as Dziwa
- Mariusz Drężek as Bratanek
- Marcin Mroczek as Leszek
- Andrzej Krukowski as Ludek
- Maciej Zakościelny as Wramot
- Rafał Mroczek as Zdobek
- Dariusz Juzyszyn as Jarl Sigvald
- Wiktor Zborowski as Viking-Translator
- Ryszard Ronczewski as Miłosz
- Jan Prochyra as Mirsz
- Adam Graczyk as Sambor
- Krystyna Feldman as wróżka
- Michał Chorosiński as Bratanek
- Jerzy Braszka as Pachołek Ziemka
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