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Fire in the Steppe (film)

Colonel Wolodyjowski
aka Pan Wołodyjowski
Pan Wolodyjowski plakat.jpg
Directed by Jerzy Hoffman
Written by Jerzy Hoffman, Jerzy Lutowski
Based on Fire in the Steppe
by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Starring Tadeusz Łomnicki, Daniel Olbrychski, Mieczyslaw Pawlikowski, Magdalena Zawadzka
Music by Andrzej Markowski
Cinematography Jerzy Lipman
Release date
  • 1969 (1969)
Running time
160 minutes
Language Polish

Colonel Wolodyjowski (Polish: Pan Wołodyjowski) is a 1969 Polish historical drama film directed by Jerzy Hoffman. The film is based on the novel Pan Wołodyjowski, by the Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz. The film was also serialized on Polish television, as The Adventures of Sir Michael (Polish: Przygody pana Michała).

It was entered in the 6th Moscow International Film Festival, where Tadeusz Łomnicki won the award for Best Actor.

The story is set during the Ottoman Empire's invasion of Poland in 1668-72.



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