With Fire and Sword

With Fire and Sword

★ 6.9IMDb Score
Released:1999-02-08
Duration:175 min
Country:Poland
Director:Jerzy Hoffman
Actors:Izabella Scorupco, Alexandr Domogarov, Michał Żebrowski, Krzysztof Kowalewski, Bohdan Stupka
Production:Okocimskie Zakłady Piwowarskie, Agencja Produkcji Filmowej, Zodiak Jerzy Hoffman Film Production, Telewizja Polska
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In the mid-17th century, Poland was the largest, most democratic, and most tolerant country in Europe. However, a tragic civil war brought about the gradual decline of the once glorious republic... An epic story about the Cossack rebellion against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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