Szwadron | |
Director: | Juliusz Machulski |
Starring: | Aleksander Bednarz |
Runtime: | 100 minutes |
Country: | Poland |
Language: | Polish |
Szwadron is a Polish historical film directed by Juliusz Machulski. It was released in 1993.[1] The film was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2] [3] The film was based on Rembek's short stories.[4]
Period war drama. A highly fictionalised account on the exploits of the Russian Imperial Army Regiment of Dragoons of Novorossia and Don Cossacks during Polish January Uprising in 1863. A young Russian Count Fyodor Yeryiomin joins his regiment as a lieutenant in May 1863. He finds friends, enemies and love ... but, above all, he finds doubts.