General Nil

General Nil
Directed byRyszard Bugajski
Written byRyszard Bugajski
Krzysztof Łukaszewicz
Produced byWłodzimierz Niderhaus
StarringOlgierd Łukaszewicz
Alicja Jachiewicz
CinematographyPiotr Śliskowski PSC
Edited byEwa Romanowska-Rózewicz PSM
Music byShane Harvey
Distributed byMonolith Films, Chełmska
Release date
  • 17 April 2009 (2009-04-17)
CountryPoland
LanguagePolish

General Nil (Polish: Generał Nil) is a Polish historical film, based on the life of general Emil August Fieldorf,[1] pseudonym "Nil".

The film was directed by Ryszard Bugajski,[2] and was released in 2009.[3][4]

Awards

  • Special Jury Award, 43rd WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
  • 2010 - awards for Best Director and Best Actor, 9th Tiburon International Film Festival
  • 2009 - Special Award of the Jury, 21st Polish Film Festival in America, Chicago
  • 2009 - "Golden Sabre" Grand Prize, "Military Cinema" Film Festival, Warsaw
  • The Silver Saturno, Saturno International Film Festival[1]

Cast

  • Olgierd Łukaszewicz as General Emil Fieldorf "Nil"
  • Alicja Jachiewicz as Janina Fieldorf
  • Anna Cieślak as Maria Fieldorf
  • Magdalena Emilianowicz as Krystyna Fieldorf
  • Zbigniew Stryj as Major Stefan Bajer
  • Stefan Szmidt as General Tadeusz "Bór" Komorowski
  • Jacek Rozenek as Colonel Józef Różański
  • Krzysztof Franciszek as Lieutenant Kazimierz Górski; investigating officer of UB
  • Maciej Kozłowski as Tadeusz Grzemielewski
  • Leszek Lichota − as provocator „Klemm”
  • Artur Dziurman − as Józef Czaplicki
  • Vadim Afanassjev − as Siemion Dawydow
  • Tomasz Dedek − as General Stanisław Tatar
  • Grzegorz Wolf − as Minister Stanisław Radkiewicz
  • Jadwiga Klekowska − as Rita Radkiewicz
  • Wenanty Nosul − as Bolesław Bierut
  • Katarzyna Herman −as judge Maria Gurowska
  • Grzegorz Kowalczyk − as prosecutor Beniamin Wejsblech
  • Piotr Pilitowski − as defense attorney Jerzy Mering
  • Adam Woronowicz − as judge Igor Andrejew
  • Tadeusz Bradecki − as Emil Merz
  • Dorota Landowska − as Paulina Kern
  • Zbigniew Kozłowski − as Adam Borys „Pług" (,,Plough")
  • Maria Mamona − as Helena Błociszewska
  • Marek Lewandowski − as General Gustaw Paszkiewicz
  • Miłogost Reczek − as General Zygmunt Walter-Janke
  • Piotr Rękawik − as comrade in Holding cell
  • Beata Chruścińska − as hostess of the flat ,,Nil" stayed at during the assassination of Franz Kutschera
  • Paweł Iwanicki − as Urząd Bezpieczenstwa agent searching the Fieldolf Household
  • Andrzej Deskur − as prosecutor
  • Piotr Grabowski − as holding cell corrective officer
  • Krzysztof Łukaszewicz − as courier from London

References

  1. ^ a b "PISF. Polish Film Institute". Pisf.pl. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Generał Nil - Baza wiedzy - informacje filmowe - Culture.pl - Culture.pl". www.culture.pl. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. ^ "FilmPolski.pl". FilmPolski.pl. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  4. ^ Hodge, Nick (2 June 2009). "General Nil". Krakow Post. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011.