General Nil

Generał Nil, 2009, 125 min.

General Nil (2009)

Awards

2010
Tiburon International Film Festival
The Golden Reel Award: Best Actor for Olgierd Lukaszewicz and Best Director for Ryszard Bugajski

Production

Director Ryszard Bugajski
Screenplay Krzysztof Lukaszewicz, Ryszard Bugajski
Cinematography Piotr Sliskowski
Music Shane Harvey
Art Director Aniko Kiss
Producer Wlodzimierz Niderhaus

Cast

General August Emil „Nil” Fieldorf Olgierd Lukaszewicz
Alicja Fieldorf, Emil’s Wife Alicja Juchiewicz
Krystyna Fieldorf, Emil’s Daugther Magdalena Emilianowicz
Maria Fieldorf, Emil’s Daughter Anna Cieslak
Major Stefan Bajer Zbigniew Stryj
Colonel Jozef Rozanski Jacek Rozenek
Lieutenant Kazimierz Gorski Krzysztof Franieczek
Michal Maciej Radel
Helena Blociszewska Maria Mamona
Judge Igor Andrejev Adam Woronowicz
Story

Story honoring the memory of General August Emil “Nil” Fieldorf, one of the most heroic and steadfast fighters for Poland’s independence, mastermind of the Polish underground army in the Second World War, acknowledged worldwide as a Polish patriot, who fought nobly to defend his country from the Nazis. Communists hanged General “Nil” after the war, after they absurdly accused him of collaborating with fascists in a fake trial.