Squadron 1993
Synopsis
Jeremin, an aristocrat from a noble Russian family, joins the squadron of dragoons as a volunteer, to impress a girl he unhappily fell in love with. At that exact time in Poland an uprising breaks out, known later as the January Uprising of 1863. Jeremin volunteers for the troops sent to suppress it. Now – as he believes – it is enough to defeat the Poles, get an officer\'s insignia together with a number of orders and spoils, and, as a hero and victor, place it all with his ardent heart at the feet of his beloved. However, this "small Polish war" has little in common with romantic visions of noble soldiering, and is completely different from what Jeremin imagined.
Awards
1992 – Gdynia Film Festival – Best Supporting Actor (Janusz Gajos)
1992 – Gdynia Film Festival – Mayor\'s of Gdynia Award (Juliusz Machulski)
1992/93 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scienses (AMPAS), Oscar® 1993 - Polish Enrty in the Foreign Language Category
About
Year of production:
1993
Producer:
Jacek Moczydłowski
Genre:
historical drama
Premiere:
28-10-1993
Technical specs:
Color, 100 min.
Production:
Zebra Film Studio
Co-production:
Arkadia (Odessa), A. K. Productions (Belgium), High Speed Films (France)
Co-producer:
Siergiej Sienin, Aleksandr Pawłowskij, Eric Dionysius, Alain Keytsman
Co-financing:
Eurimages, Film Production Agency, Fundation of Culture
Filmmakers
Directed by:
Juliusz Machulski
Written by:
Juliusz Machulski
Cinematography by:
Witold Adamek
Edited by:
Jadwiga Zajicek
Music by:
Krzesimir Dębski
Sound by:
Nikodem Wołk-Łaniewski
Set Decoration by:
Dorota Ignaczak, Walentin Gidulianow
Costume Designer:
Magdalena Biernawska (kostiumy wojskowe polskie), Wojciech Tomasz Biernawski (kostiumy wojskowe pols
Production Manager:
Jan Kaczmarski, Swietłana Barkier
Cast
Radosław Pazura (lieutenant Fiodor Jeremin),
Siergiej Szakurow (lieutenant Jegor Żuryn),
Janusz Gajos (cavalry captain Jan Dobrowolski),
Jan Machulski (colonel Markowski),
Katarzyna Łochowska (Emilia, Petersilge\'s daughter),
Franciszek Pieczka (Błażej),
Grzegorz Warchoł (innkeeper),
Anna Majcher (Kulina),
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu (Franek Bała),
Tomasz Stockinger (Failleul),
Wojciech Klata (Symcha),
Jerzy Nowak (Lejba),
Wiktor Proskurin (doctor),
Aleksandr Berda (Krysa),
Siergiej Sozontiew (Chudous),
Aleksander Bednarz (governor Petersilge),
Wasilij Miszczenko (Niemczuk),
Alieksiej Sierebriakow (Jemelianow),
Ireneusz Kaskiewicz (Szatański),
Artur Barciś (priest),
Jerzy Zygmunt Nowak (Kula),
Mariusz Saniternik (Wicek),
Agnieszka Krukówna (Weronka, girl at the tavern),
Andrzej Konic (general),
Eugeniusz Kamiński (general),
Arkadiusz Bazak (colonel),
Jacques Neefs (Paramonow),
Pierre Pique (Reisky),
Maciej Kozłowski (Kozłow),
Jerzy Grałek (starosta),
Henryk Machalica (scythe-bearers\' commander),
Elżbieta Kilarska (old woman)