The Deluge (film)

Not to be confused with Deluge (film).

The Deluge
Directed by	Jerzy Hoffman
Written by	Jerzy Hoffman Adam Kersten Wojciech Zukrowski
Starring	Daniel Olbrychski Małgorzata Braunek Tadeusz Łomnicki Krzysztof Kowalewski
Music by	Kazimierz Serocki
Cinematography	Jerzy Wójcik
Editing by	Zenon Piórecki
Release date(s)	1974
Running time	315 minutes
Country	Poland
Language	Polish

The Deluge is the English title of the Polish film Potop, a historical drama directed by Jerzy Hoffman, released in 1974. The film is based on the novel by the Nobel Prize-winning Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz. It was nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar in 1974.

Plot

The film is set in the 17th century during the Swedish invasion of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the years 1655 to 1657, known as The Deluge, which was eventually thwarted by the Polish-Lithuanian forces. However, a quarter of the Polish-Lithuanian population died through war and plague, and the country's economy was greatly devastated.

Cast

• Daniel Olbrychski as Andrzej Kmicic
• Małgorzata Braunek as Oleńka Billewiczówna
• Tadeusz Łomnicki as Michał Wołodyjowski
• Kazimierz Wichniarz as Jan Onufry Zagłoba
• Władysław Hańcza as Janusz Radziwiłł
• Leszek Teleszyński as Bogusław Radziwiłł
• Ryszard Filipski as Soroka
• Wiesława Mazurkiewicz as Aunt Kulwiecówna
• Franciszek Pieczka as Kiemlicz
• Bruno O'Ya as Józwa Butrym
• Bogusz Bilewski as Kulwiec-Hippocentaurus
• Andrzej Kozak as Rekuć Leliwa
• Stanisław Łopatowski as Ranicki
• Stanisław Michalski as Jaromir Kokosiński
• Krzysztof Kowalewski as Roch Kowalski
• Stanisław Jasiukiewicz as Augustyn Kordecki
• Wiesław Gołas as Stefan Czarniecki
• Piotr Pawłowski as Jan II Kazimierz
• Leon Niemczyk as Charles X Gustav of Sweden
• Arkadiusz Bazak as Kuklinowski
• Ferdynand Matysik as Zamoyski

See also

• With Fire and Sword
• Colonel Wolodyjowski
• List of longest films by running time

External links

• Potop at the Internet Movie Database
• Potop (The Deluge)(1)