Popieluszko: Freedom is Within Us
{{Infobox film
| name = Popieluszko: Freedom is Within Us
| image =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| starring = {{Plainlist|
}}
| director = Rafal Wieczynski
| writer = Rafal Wieczynski
| producer = Julita Swiercz Wieczynska
| screenplay =
| music = Pawel Sydor
| cinematography = Grzegorz Kedzierski
| editing =
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2009}}
| runtime = 148 minutes
| country = Poland
| language = Polish
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Popieluszko: Freedom is Within Us ({{langx|pl|Popiełuszko. Wolność jest w nas}}) is a 2009 Polish film written and directed by Rafal Wieczynski. This film is based on real life events of Polish Catholic priest Jerzy Popiełuszko.{{cite news|title= Invitations to the screening of "Popiełuszko. Freedom is within us". The review "History in Film" is ongoing [WATCH THE TRAILER]|url=https://kielce.tvp.pl/82973150/zaproszenia-na-seans-popieluszko-wolnosc-jest-w-nas-trwa-przeglad-historia-w-filmie-zobacz-zwiastun |accessdate=7 May 2025|work=TVP3 Kielce|date=15 October 2024}}{{cite news|title= Popiełuszko. Freedom Is Within Us – Rafał Wieczyński|url=https://culture.pl/en/work/popieluszko-freedom-is-within-us-rafal-wieczynski |accessdate=7 May 2025|work=culture.pl|date=February 2009}}{{cite news|title= Adam Woronowicz: Father Popiełuszko restored dignity to ordinary people [our interview]|url=https://pl.aleteia.org/2019/10/19/adam-woronowicz-ks-popieluszko-przywracal-godnosc-zwyklym-ludziom-wywiad |accessdate=8 May 2025|work=culture.pl|date=8 May 2025}}
Plot
The movie focuses the life of a priest, who was martyred by three secret police who support communism in Poland.
Cast
{{col-begin|width=65%}}
{{Col-2}}
- Adam Woronowicz as Jerzy Popiełuszko
- Artur Balczynski as Young Wladyslaw Popieluszko, Jerzy's father
- Adam Biedrzycki as Father Adam
- Teresa Bielinska as Nun
- Witold Bielinski as Army Officer
- Katarzyna Boguslawska as Ambulance Dispatcher
- Kazimierz Borowiec as Wladyslaw Popieluszko, Jerzy's father
- Filip Budweil as Corporal
- Dorota Calek as Sister Gertruda
{{Col-2}}
- Szymon Cempura as Father Lewandowski
- Kacper Kuniawka as Józef Popieluszko, Jerzy's brother
- Alina Chechelska as Marianna Popieluszko, Jerzy's mother
- Agnieszka Jaworska as Young Marianna Popieluszko, Jerzy's mother
- Karolina Demianiuk as Grandmother
- Piotr Duda as SB Agent
- Wojciech Solarz as Florian
- Agata Piotrowska as Agata Piotrowska-Mastalerz, prosecutor
- Pope John Paul II as himself (archival footage; uncredited)
- Wojciech Jaruzelski as himself (archival footage; uncredited)
{{Col-end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|tt1387528}}
Category:2009 biographical drama films
Category:Cultural depictions of Polish people
Category:Polish biographical drama films
{{Poland-film-stub}}