The Death of Captain Pilecki
Synopsis
Captain Witold Pilecki was a Polish intelligence officer during WWII who volunteered for a Polish resistance operation to get imprisoned in the German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in order to gather intelligence and enable the Polish government-in-exile to inform the allies about the ongoing Holocaust in occupied Poland. The film also tells the story of Witold Pilecki’s fate at the hands of the Communist government after the end of WWII. The film is a reconstruction of the trial which took place in Warsaw during the communist regime in Poland. Captain Pilecki described his investigation as more cruel than his stay at Auschwitz.
Where to watch
Not currently available to stream in United States.
Top cast
Marek Probosz
Rotmistrz Witold Pilecki
Marek Kalita
Sędzia podpułkownik Jan Hryckowian
Andrzej Niemirski
Major Czesław Łapiński
Jacek Rozenek
Pułkownik UB Józef Różański
Andrzej Czernik
Generał Władysław Anders
Gabriela Muskała
Maria Pilecka
Jan Monczka
Prokurator pułkownik Stanisław Zarakowski
Aleksandra Konieczna
Stanisława Hryckowian
Łukasz Simlat
Tadeusz Płużański
Agnieszka Mandat
Leokadia Płużańska
