Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania

– A grand and patriotic tale of Poland's struggle for freedom just before Napoleon's war with Russia. ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.10 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 7 Minutes
Release Year:
1999
Original Name:
Pan Tadeusz
Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania (1999) - Also known as Pan Tadeusz

A grand and patriotic tale of Poland's struggle for freedom just before Napoleon's war with Russia. Written in poetic style by Adam Mickiewicz, this story follows two feuding Polish families as they overcome their old conflicts and petty lives. However, they are able to unite as one with their patriotic and rebellious efforts to free the country they deeply love from Russian control.

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Release Date:

21 Jan 2000

Language:

Polish

Director:

Andrzej Wajda

Writer:

Adam Mickiewicz (poem), Jan Nowina-Zarzycki, Andrzej Wajda, Piotr Weresniak

Main Actors:

Boguslaw Linda, Daniel Olbrychski, Grazyna Szapolowska, Andrzej Seweryn

Plot:

In the early 1810s, Poles, part of Russia's client state of Lithuania, think independence will come if they join forces with Napoleon when he invades Russia. This unity of purpose, in one district, is undermined by two families, feuding since the head of one shot the head of the other twenty years before. There are hopes of a reconciliation through a marriage of Pan Tadeusz, a Soplica, whose father, the murderer, is in hiding somewhere, and Zosia, a teen-aged girl, a Horeszko who lives in the household of Pan's uncle. Other cross-currents - of love, family, politics, village traditions, land reform, and what it means to be Polish - give the film texture. It's an exile's story.

Awards:

6 wins & 5 nominations.

Production:

Filmart

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.1/10