Knights of the Teutonic Order (film)
| Knights of the Teutonic Order | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Aleksander Ford |
| Produced by | Zygmunt Król |
| Screenplay by |
Jerzy Stefan Stawiński Aleksander Ford Henryk Sienkiewicz (novel) |
| Starring |
Grażyna Staniszewska Urszula Modrzyńska Mieczysław Kalenik Aleksander Fogiel |
| Music by | Kazimierz Serocki |
| Cinematography | Mieczysław Jahoda |
Production company |
Zespół Filmowy |
Release date |
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Running time | 166 minutes |
| Country | People's Republic of Poland |
| Language | Polish |
| Budget | zł38,000,000 [1] |
| Box office | zł100,000,000 (by March 1961)[1] |
Knights of the Teutonic Order (Polish: Krzyżacy) is a 1960 Polish film directed by Aleksander Ford based on the novel of the same name by Henryk Sienkiewicz.
The plot is situated in the late-14th century and early-15th century Poland and centers on the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War and the final Battle of Grunwald. 15,000 extras were employed to create the battle scenes.[2] The film attracted to cinema masses of viewers and remains one of the most attended films in Polish history: it sold 2 million tickets within several months,[3] 14 million after four years and as of 1987, it had some 32,315,695 admissions. It was also exported to forty-six foreign countries,[4] and sold 29.6 million tickets in the Soviet Union[5] and 2,650,700 in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.[6] It was a Polish submission to the 33rd Academy Awards.
It was released on 15 July 1960, the 550th anniversary of the battle of Grunwald.
Cast
- Grażyna Staniszewska – Danusia Jurandówna
- Urszula Modrzyńska – Jagienka ze Zgorzelic
- Mieczysław Kalenik – Zbyszko z Bogdańca
- Aleksander Fogiel – Maćko z Bogdańca
- Andrzej Szalawski – Jurand ze Spychowa
- Leon Niemczyk – Fulko de Lorche
- Henryk Borowski – Zygfryd de Löwe
- Mieczysław Voit – Kuno von Lichtenstein
- Tadeusz Białoszczyński – Duke Janusz I of Warsaw
- Stanisław Jasiukiewicz – Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights Ulrich von Jungingen
- Emil Karewicz – King Władysław Jagiełło
- Józef Kostecki – Lithuanian duke Witold
- Janusz Strachocki – Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights Konrad von Jungingen
- Lucyna Winnicka – Duchess Anna Danuta, wife of Janusz I of Warsaw
- Cezary Julski – Zawisza Czarny
- Jerzy Kozakiewicz – Cztan z Rogowa
- Janusz Paluszkiewicz – royal marshall
- Jerzy Pichelski - Powala of Taczew
References
- 1 2 Maria Dąbrowska, Tadeusz Drewnowski. Dzienniki: 1958-1965. Czytelnik (1988). ISBN 9788307009742. p. 217.
- ↑ Kreuzritter: Kommische Oper. Der Spiegel, 5 July 1961.
- ↑ Marcin Zaremba. Komunizm, legitymizacja, nacjonalizm: nacjonalistyczna legitymizacja władzy komunistycznej w Polsce. Trio (2001). ISBN 9788388542145. p. 273.
- ↑ Haltof, Marek. Polish National Cinema. Berghahn Books (2002). ISBN 9781571812766. p. 97.
- ↑ Крестоносцы. kinopoisk.ru.
- ↑ Křižáci. Film Culture: Brno 1945-1970.
External links
- Knights of the Teutonic Order on IMDb
- Krzyżacy at FilmPolski.pl