Copernicus (film) explained

Copernicus (pl|Kopernik) is a 1973 Polish historical film directed by Ewa Petelska and Czesław Petelski.^[1] The film was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize.^[2] It was also selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 46th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[3]

Cast

• Andrzej Kopiczyński as Mikołaj Kopernik
• Barbara Wrzesińska as Anna Schilling – cousin
• Czesław Wołłejko as Lukasz Watzenrode – bishop of Warmia
• Andrzej Antkowiak as Andrzej Kopernik
• Klaus-Peter Thiele as Georg Joachim von Lauchen gen. Rhetikus
• Henryk Boukołowski as Cardinal Hipolit d'Este
• Hannjo Hasse as Andreas Osiander – editor
• Henryk Borowski as Tiedemann Giese – bishop of Chełmno
• Jadwiga Chojnacka as Thief Kacper's mother
• Aleksander Fogiel as Matz Schilling – Anna's father
• Emilia Krakowska as Kacper's wife
• Gustaw Lutkiewicz as Jan Dantyszek – bishop of Warmia
• Leszek Herdegen as Mönch Mattheusz
• Witold Pyrkosz as Prepozyt Płotowski
• Wiktor Sadecki as Wojciech z Brudzewa

See also

• List of submissions to the 46th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Polish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kopernik . 2011-12-03 . filmpolski.
2. Web site: 8th Moscow International Film Festival (1973) . 2013-01-03 . MIFF.
3. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences