The Mother of the Kings
Matka Królów
Made in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krol's husband under the tram. She gives birth to her fourth son on the floor of their new apartment. Neighbor Wiktor, a communist intellectual, befriends the poverty-stricken family but is soon arrested and sent to jail. During the war Lucja narrowly escapes a Nazi roundup at the black market. Her sons hold ardent Communist meetings in their apartment, with her blessing. Lucja works hard, but without complaint. After the war, Klemens is inexplicably arrested, accused by the new regime of being a collaborator. Wiktor, now a high-ranking party member, trying to defend him, himself falls into disgrace. Klemens is tortured to "confess" and dies in jail, a Communist to the end. Lucja is never told about his fate.
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Cast
Bogusław Linda
as Klemens Król
Marian Opania
as Advocate
Bolesław Abart
as Hegeman
Zbigniew Korepta
as lekarz w szpitalu więziennym
Bożena Stryjkówna
as Maria nauczyciel
Zygmunt Malawski
as dzielnicowy zeznający na procesie Stasia
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
as Wiktor Lewen
Jerzy Trela
as Hiszpan
Eugeniusz Kamiński
as taksówkarz Zbyszek
Magda Teresa Wójcik
as Lucja Król
Andrzej Szenajch
as Volksdeutsch
Bożena Miller-Małecka
as dziewczyna Stasia
Włodzimierz Kwaskowski
as dentysta
Andrzej Łągwa
as milicjant
Maria Probosz
as Pielęgniarka
Marek Kępiński
as sekretarz "Grzegorza"
Tadeusz Huk
as Renard
Bogusław Sar
as Hans Konig
Andrzej Mrowiec
as Graj
Franciszek Pieczka
as Cyga
Adam Ferency
as Zenon Król
Zbigniew Bielski
as Kogut
Jerzy Stuhr
as Hiszpan
Władysław Dewoyno
as Sędzia
Elżbieta Osterwa
as sekretarka Wiktora
Krzysztof Zaleski
as Roman Król
Henryk Bista
as Grzegorz Wiechra
Barbara Połomska
as Majewska, sąsiadka Łucji
Zbigniew Buczkowski
as milicjant
Andrzej Zaorski
as Jagosz, komisarz policji
Michał Juszczakiewicz
as Stas Król
Joanna Szczepkowska
as Marta Stecka / Stecka-Król
