Piłsudski follows an episode in the life of young Józef Piłsudski, as he becomes the leader of the underground independence movement once again. He’s unyielding on the battlefield, but in his private life he surrenders to passion, torn between the two women of his life - his wife and his lover.

While the conservative members of the Polish Socialist Party see him as a terrorist, Piłsudski and his closest collaborators will refrain from nothing, be it attacks on tsarist officials and highest-ranking officers, smuggling bombs or a daring train robbery, to achieve their goal - an independent Poland.

“I wanted to avoid the strongest political context, otherwise I would have to make a series. With today’s poor knowledge of Polish history in our society, many threads should be developed to show this ambiguity in the decisions made by Piłsudski, who, as we know, still raises extremely different emotions and is called a hero or a traitor”, director Michał Rosa told FNE.

The film was produced by Studio Filmowe KADR, with a budget of 3.5 m EUR / 14.9 m PLN, of which 1.4 m EUR / 6 m PLN came as support from the Polish Film Institute (PISF). The grant was assigned as one of the first executive decisions from the new PISF Director Radosław Śmigulski.

Shooting took place in Łódź in 2018.

Production Information:

Producer:
Studio Filmowe KADR (Poland)
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Credits:
Director: Michał Rosa
Screenwriter: Michał Rosa
DoP: Piotr Śliskowski
Music: Stefan Wesołowski
Production design: Łukasz Trzciński, Ryszard Melliwa
Costume design: Magdalena Biedrzycka
Cast: Borys Szyc, Magdalena Boczarska, Maria Dębska, Eliza Rycembel, Jan Marczewski, Józef Pawłowski