The Mother of the Kings

The Mother of the Kings

Made in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krol's husband under the tram. She gives birth to her fourth son on the floor of their new apartment. Neighbor Wiktor, a communist intellectual, befriends the poverty-stricken family but is soon arrested and sent to jail. During the war Lucja narrowly escapes a Nazi roundup at the black market. Her sons hold ardent Communist meetings in their apartment, with her blessing. Lucja works hard, but without complaint. After the war, Klemens is inexplicably arrested, accused by the new regime of being a collaborator. Wiktor, now a high-ranking party member, trying to defend him, himself falls into disgrace. Klemens is tortured to "confess" and dies in jail, a Communist to the end. Lucja is never told about his fate.

Cast for The Mother of the Kings...

Bogusław Linda
Klemens Król
Adam Ferency
Zenon Król
Joanna Szczepkowska
Marta Stecka / Stecka-Król
Henryk Bista
Grzegorz Wiechra
Andrzej Zaorski
Jagosz, komisarz policji
Eugeniusz Kamiński
taksówkarz Zbyszek
Barbara Dziekan
Kobieta w PZPR
Maria Probosz
Pielęgniarka
Bogusław Sar
Hans Konig
Bożena Stryjkówna
Maria nauczyciel
Andrzej Szenajch
Volksdeutsch
Zygmunt Malawski
dzielnicowy zeznający na procesie Stasia
Barbara Połomska
Majewska, sąsiadka Łucji
Bożena Miller-Małecka
dziewczyna Stasia
Marek Kępiński
sekretarz "Grzegorza"
Elżbieta Osterwa
sekretarka Wiktora
Zbigniew Korepta
lekarz w szpitalu więziennym