Details
Deluge Jerzy Hoffman film Potop
Directed by: Jerzy Hoffman
Script: Jerzy Hoffman, Adam Kersten, Wojciech Żukrowski
Starring: Daniel Olbrychski, Małgorzata Braunek, Tadeusz Łomnicki, Kazimierz Wichniarz, Władysław Hańcza
Film originaltitel: Potop
Produkction: Poland
Year: 1974
Subtitles: no
Sound version: Polish
2 DVD Video
Format: DVD
Check other films by: Jerzy Hoffman
Jerzy Hoffman Jerzy Hoffman Potop The Deluge
A historical drama directed by Jerzy Hoffman, released in 1974. The film is based on a novel by the Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz. It was nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar in 1974.
The film is set in the 17th century during the Swedish invasion of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, known as The Deluge, which was eventually repulsed but a quarter of the population of the country died through war and plague, and the economy was greatly damaged.