THE LEGIONS
synopsis
A universal story about entering adulthood in difficult times, growing up to the community. The great history is the background for the love story unfolding in the foreground: Józek, a deserter from the tsarists army who joins the emerging Legions, an intelligence agent for the I Brigade and Women's Leage member - Ola, and Tadek, her fiancee, a member of Shooting Team. Apart from fictitious characters whose stories were modeled on the biographies of real legionnaires, many historical figures appear in the film. Among them: Brigadier Józef Pilsudski, Lieutenant Stanislaw Kaszubski, pseud. "King" and many others. The film focuses on the Legion's combat trail from1914-1916, from the departure from Oleandry to the battle of Kosciuchnowka and show the most dramatic cards of the legionary epic, including the famous attack of uhlans at Rokitna - one of the most spectacular scenes in the film.
international title: | The Legions |
original title: | Legiony |
country: | Poland |
year: | 2019 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Dariusz Gajewski |
film run: | 120' |
release date: | PL 20/09/2019 |
screenplay: | Dariusz Gajewski, Michał Godzic, Tomasz Lysiak, Maciej Pawlicki |
cast: | Sebastian Fabijanski, Bartosz Gelner, Wiktoria Wolanska, Mirosław Baka, Jan Frycz, Grzegorz Malecki, Borys Szyc, Antoni Pawlicki, Piotr Cyrwus, Modest Rucinski |
cinematography by: | Jaroslaw Szoda, Mikołaj Łebkowski, Arkadiusz Tomiak |
art director: | Pawel Jarzebski, Ewa Skoczkowska |
costumes designer: | Magdalena Rutkiewicz, Malgorzata Gwiazdecka, Joanna Pamula |
music: | Lukasz Pieprzyk |
producer: | Adam Borowski, Maciej Pawlicki |
executive producer: | Magdalena Pawlicka, Ewelina Pertkiewicz |
production: | Picaresque, WFDiF - Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych |
backing: | Polish Film Institute (PL) |
distributor: | Kino Świat |