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Legions

Legions

20196.72h 20m

Overview

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 tsarist army who joins the emerging Legions, an intelligence agent for the I Brigade and Women’s Leage member – Ola, and Tadek, her fiancée, a member of Shooting Team.

Directed by Dariusz Gajewski
Written by Michał Godzic, Dariusz Gajewski, Tomasz Łysiak
Produced by Maciej Pawlicki
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Top Cast

Bartosz Gelner

Bartosz Gelner

Tadeusz Zbarski

Wiktoria Wolańska

Wiktoria Wolańska

Aleksandra Tubilewicz

Mirosław Baka

Mirosław Baka

Stanisław 'King' Kaszubski

Jan Frycz

Jan Frycz

Józef Piłsudski

Grzegorz Małecki

Grzegorz Małecki

Captain Andrzej Złotnicki

Antoni Pawlicki

Antoni Pawlicki

Lieutenant Jerzy Topór-Kisielnicki

Borys Szyc

Borys Szyc

Rittmeister Zbigniew Dunin Wąsowicz

Sebastian Fabijański

Sebastian Fabijański

Józek 'Tower'

Piotr Cyrwus

Piotr Cyrwus

Cook

Modest Ruciński

Modest Ruciński

Tadeusz Kasprzycki

Themes & Keywords

world war iindependencepoland

About Legions

Legions is a drama, history, war film released in 2019 exploring themes of world war i, independence, poland. Directed by Dariusz Gajewski, it stars Bartosz Gelner, Wiktoria Wolańska, Mirosław Baka. 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 tsarist army who joins the emerging Legions, an intelligence agent for the I Brigade and Women’s Leage member – Ola, and Tadek, her fiancée, a member of Shooting Team.

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