Colonel Wolodyjowski (film)

Colonel Wolodyjowski (Pan Wołodyjowski) is a 1969 Polish historical drama film directed by Jerzy Hoffman. The film is based on the 1887 novel of the same name by Polish writer and Nobel laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz. The story is set during the Ottoman Empire's invasion of Poland in 1668–1672.

It was entered in the 6th Moscow International Film Festival, where Tadeusz Łomnicki won the award for Best Actor. The film was also serialized on Polish television, as The Adventures of Sir Michael (Polish: Przygody pana Michała).

Cast

 * Tadeusz Łomnicki as Jerzy Michał Wołodyjowski
 * Magdalena Zawadzka as Basia
 * Mieczysław Pawlikowski as Onufry Zagłoba
 * Hanka Bielicka as Makowiecka
 * Barbara Brylska as Krzysia Drohojowska
 * Irena Karel as Ewa Nowowiejska
 * Jan Nowicki as Ketling Hassling of Elgin
 * Daniel Olbrychski as Azja Tuhajbejowicz
 * Marek Perepeczko as Adam Nowowiejski
 * Mariusz Dmochowski as Jan Sobieski
 * Władysław Hańcza as Nowowiejski
 * Gustaw Lutkiewicz as Lusnia
 * Tadeusz Schmidt as Snitko
 * Andrzej Szczepkowski as Bishop Lanckoroński
 * Leonard Andrzejewski as Halim
 * Bogusz Bilewski as Officer
 * Wiktor Grotowicz as Potocki
 * Tadeusz Kosudarski as Nobleman
 * Andrzej Piątkowski as Turk
 * Ryszard Ronczewski as Bandit
 * Tadeusz Somogi as Envoy
 * Witold Skaruch as Monk

Reception
The film had admissions of 12 million.