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Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko [note 1] (English: Andrew Thaddeus Bonaventure Kosciuszko; [note 2] 4 or 12 February 1746 – 15 October 1817) was a Polish military engineer, statesman, and military leader who then became a national hero in Poland, the United States, Lithuania, and Belarus.
[1]: 186 He also praised Wojciech Bartosz Głowacki, a peasant who was the first to capture the cannon (he is visible in Matejko's painting, above). [2] He smothered its fuse with his hat before it fired. [1]: 185 In return he received an award of nobility, his freedom, a tract of land and made standard-bearer. [1]: 186
Scarborn (Polish: Kos) is a 2023 historical drama film directed by Paweł Maślona . It premiered at the Gdynia Film Festival on 18 September 2023 and received a theatrical release in Poland on 26 January 2024.
Kościuszko pod Racławicami is a Polish historical film. It was released in 1938. [1] Cast. Tadeusz Białoszczyński – Tadeusz Kościuszko;
Tadeusz Kościuszko taking the oath, 24th March 1794 "Battle of Racławice", Jan Matejko, oil on canvas, 1888, National Museum in Kraków. 4 April 1794 Battle of Szczekociny, 1794 by Michał Stachowicz Hanging traitors in effigie, painting by Jean Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine Kościuszko at Maciejowice 1794, by Jan Bogumił Plersch ...
Kim is a 1950 adventure film made in Technicolor by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [2] [3] It was directed by Victor Saville and produced by Leon Gordon from a screenplay by Helen Deutsch, Leon Gordon and Richard Schayer, based on the classic 1901 novel of the same name by Rudyard Kipling. The film starred Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, and Paul Lukas.
There is also a Polish school named after Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Polska Szkola im. Tadeusza Kosciuszki or the Thaddeus Kosciuszko School of Polish Language. In 1951 Mrs. Maria Zamora established the first classroom and now its one of the oldest and largest Polish language schools in the United States.
Andrzej Witold Wajda (Polish: [ˈandʐɛj ˈvajda]; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director.Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, [1] the Palme d'Or, [2] as well as Honorary Golden Lion [3] and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the "Polish Film School".