Popieluszko: Freedom Is Within Us

Popieluszko: Freedom Is Within Us
Popieluszko: Freedom Is Within Us
Directed by	Rafal Wieczynski
Written by	Rafal Wieczynski
Produced by	Julita Swiercz Wieczynska
Starring	Adam Woronowicz;
Cinematography	Grzegorz Kedzierski
Music by	Pawel Sydor
Release date	2009;
Running time	148 minutes
Country	Poland
Language	Polish

Popieluszko: Freedom Is Within Us (Polish: 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.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

The movie focuses the life of a priest, who was martyred by three secret agents in Poland under communist regime.

Cast

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
Jacek Rozenek as Grzegorz Piotrowski

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)

Locations filmed

Several locations were filmed in the set, including Suchowola, Bartoszyce, Warsaw (Church of St. Stanislaus Kostka, Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście Street, Bankowy Square, Zelazna Street, Śląsko-Dąbrowski Bridge, Marshal Józef Piłsudski Square, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Primate's Palace, Old Town, Higher Metropolitan Seminary, District Court, police station on Jezuicka Street, Warsaw Steelworks, Smocza Street), road near Radzymin, Krakow (Church of St. Maximilian Kolbe), Katowice (train station), Bukowina Tatrzańska, “Głodówka” Center, Morskie Oko, Częstochowa (Jasna Góra), Bytom (Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross), Gdańsk (Basilica of St. Bridget), Bydgoszcz (Church of the Holy Polish Brothers Martyrs, Fordon Bridge), and a dam on the Vistula River in Włocławek.

References

^ "Invitations to the screening of "Popiełuszko. Freedom is within us". The review "History in Film" is ongoing [WATCH THE TRAILER]". TVP3 Kielce. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
^ "Popiełuszko. Freedom Is Within Us – Rafał Wieczyński". culture.pl. February 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
^ "Adam Woronowicz: Father Popiełuszko restored dignity to ordinary people [our interview]". culture.pl. 8 May 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.

External links

Popieluszko: Freedom Is Within Us at IMDb

[1] "Invitations to the screening of "Popiełuszko. Freedom is within us". The review "History in Film" is ongoing [WATCH THE TRAILER]". TVP3 Kielce. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2025.

[2] "Popiełuszko. Freedom Is Within Us – Rafał Wieczyński". culture.pl. February 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2025.

[3] "Adam Woronowicz: Father Popiełuszko restored dignity to ordinary people [our interview]". culture.pl. 8 May 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.

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