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THE GENERAL. THE GIBRALTAR ASSASSINATION
 (GENERAŁ. ZAMACH NA GIBRALTARZE)

dir. Anna Jadowska (2009, 90') Poland
in Polish with English subtitles


DIRECTION: Anna Jadowska
SCRIPT: Anna Jadowska, based on the research by Dariusz Baliszewski
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Marek Gajczak, Robert Halastra
ART DIRECTION: Grzegorz Skawiński
MUSIC: Robert Ciodyk
EDITING: Robert Ciodyk
SOUND: Michał Kosterkiewicz, Mirosław Gibas
PRODUCTION: TVN
PRODUCER: Lidka Kazen

CAST:

Krzystof Pieczyński (Gen. Sikorski); Kamilla Baar (Zofia Sikorska); Marieta Żukowska (Alicja Iwańska); Tomasz Sobczak (Jan Gralewski); Jerzy Grałek (Gub. Macfarlene); Tomasz Borkowski (Ludwik Łubieński); Łukasz Simlat (Zygmunt Biały)

SYNOPSIS:

The circumstances surrounding the mysterious death of General Sikorski in 1943 are offered in this intense film, which theorizes a possible conspiracy that culminated with the General's assassination. Director Anna Jadowska has adapted her TV series into this film which takes a documentary style look at the last days of the General's life. Unflinchingly realistic in form, the piece takes a guess at the political intrigue that may have led to the General's death, and imagines what his effect would have been to Poland's role in negotiations had he survived. Using split screens, close camera work, and cinema verite, this feature underlines the real world implications of the General's elimination during World War II. Emotionally charged as it portrays his relationship with his daughter (who possibly died with him), the film is sure to inspire discussion on political pragmatism and how far we are willing to let it go.

DIRECTOR:

ANNA JADOWSKA