The Death of Captain Pilecki

The Death of Captain Pilecki

85 mins | Drama, TV Movie | May 15, 2006

Captain Witold Pilecki was a Polish intelligence officer during WWII who volunteered for a Polish resistance operation to get imprisoned in the German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in order to gather intelligence and enable the Polish government-in-exile to inform the allies about the ongoing Holocaust in occupied Poland. The film also tells the story of Witold Pilecki’s fate at the hands of the Communist government after the end of WWII. The film is a reconstruction of the trial which took place in Warsaw during the communist regime in Poland. Captain Pilecki described his investigation as more cruel than his stay at Auschwitz.

The Death of Captain Pilecki

85 mins | Drama, TV Movie | May 15, 2006

The Death of Captain Pilecki
Captain Witold Pilecki was a Polish intelligence officer during WWII who volunteered for a Polish resistance operation to get imprisoned in the German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in order to gather intelligence and enable the Polish government-in-exile to inform the allies about the ongoing Holocaust in occupied Poland. The film also tells the story of Witold Pilecki’s fate at the hands of the Communist government after the end of WWII. The film is a reconstruction of the trial which took place in Warsaw during the communist regime in Poland. Captain Pilecki described his investigation as more cruel than his stay at Auschwitz.
Producers TVP
Original title Śmierć Rotmistrza Pileckiego
Directors Ryszard Bugajski
Writers Ryszard Bugajski

Cast

Marek Probosz

as Rotmistrz Witold Pilecki

Marek Kalita

as Sędzia podpułkownik Jan Hryckowian

Andrzej Niemirski

as Major Czesław Łapiński

Jacek Rozenek

as Pułkownik UB Józef Różański

Andrzej Czernik

as Generał Władysław Anders

Gabriela Muskała

as Maria Pilecka

Jan Monczka

as Prokurator pułkownik Stanisław Zarakowski

Aleksandra Konieczna

as Stanisława Hryckowian

Łukasz Simlat

as Tadeusz Płużański

Agnieszka Mandat

as Leokadia Płużańska

Krzysztof Bień

as Mecenas Lech Buszkowski

Anna Gornostaj

as Mecenas Alicja Pintarowa

Magdalena Gnatowska

as Maria Szelągowska

Witold Bieliński

as Witold Różycki

Robert Mazurkiewicz

as Makary Sieradzki

Tomasz Sobczak

as Ryszard Jamontt-Krzywicki

Klaudiusz Kaufmann

as Protokolant porucznik Ryszard Czarkowski

Mariusz Zaniewski

as Porucznik UB Eugeniusz Chimczak

Magdalena Emilianowicz

as Dziennikarka

Aleksandra Godlewska

as Eleonora Ostrowska

Katarzyna Olasz

as Zosia Pilecka

Kamil Krawczykowski

as Andrzej Pilecki

Tomasz Dedek

as Henryk Holder

Zbigniew Suszyński

as Oddziałowy

Tomasz Preniasz-Struś

as Podoficer

Paweł Iwanicki

as Ubek od przepustek

Grzegorz Emanuel

as Dowódca warty

Paweł Tchórzelski

as Strażnik

Jan Kozaczuk

as Oficer

Piotr Probosz

as Przechodzień

Zbigniew Opalach

as Maksymilian Kaucki

Grzegorz Królewski

as Jerzy Nowakowski

Andrzej Purzycki

as Sędzia pomocniczy

Witold Bałusz

as Ławnik

Janusz Burzyński

as Adwokat

Jędrzej Michalski

as Adwokat

Krzysztof Waryński

as Adwokat

Piotr Grabowski

as Sentry