The Miracle at the Vistula

Name: The Miracle at the Vistula
Director: Richard Boleslawski
Released: 1921
Duration: 51 min
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Jadwiga Smosarska, Anna Belina, Wladyslaw Grabowski, Edmund Gasinski, Leonard Boncza-Stepinski

1921 · 51 MIN · IMDB 5.2 · 111 VOTES · DIR. Richard Boleslawski

Overview

Eastern Borderlands, 1919. The Bolsheviks, taking part in the Polish-Russian war, appear at the Granowski manor house. It's a story based on the war of 1920, which ended with the Battle of Warsaw going down in history as the "Miracle on the Vistula". The film was commissioned by the Propaganda Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs and has survived only in fragments (just 53 minutes out of the 2-hour-long film).

Dialogue Timeline — 61 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:06:27 "The Miracle of the Vistula". A film spectacle in eight acts

00:06:42 Jadwiga Smosarska as Krysta, a daughter of a wealthy landholder Maciej Wierun

00:07:13 Edmund Gasinski as Maciej Wierun, a landholder from borderlands

00:07:45 Captivity, partition and suffering of Poland lasted 50 years.

00:07:54 The country woke up to life and work

00:08:02 Christmas Eve Supper in a house of a wealthy landholder Maciej Wierun

00:09:51 I'm anxious that Krysta and Michal haven't come yet.

00:10:30 don't forget about your peasant origin.

00:13:35 Jurek, it's my first work.

00:14:05 Krysta could devote to her favourite activity.

00:15:02 ...and small Wojtus, educated in Warsaw, was learning diligently and longing for his native village...

00:15:59 Dr Jan Powada, the head of a ward in a children's hospital.

00:19:46 I would like you to rest in Krezy...

00:24:56 Grandpa, grandpa!

00:26:31 "The Miracle of the Vistula" - ACT SIX

00:29:07 We have to run away! Bolsheviks!

00:31:15 I have a plan.

00:35:00 And Antek understood that Ewa is lost forever.

00:39:20 Indeed, advance guards of the Red Army soon entered the village Poreba.

00:43:43 Polish army chased down with bravado...

00:46:11 THE END

Cast & Characters

Jadwiga Smosarska Krysta Wieruniówna Anna Belina Ewa Wladyslaw Grabowski Dr. Jan Powada Edmund Gasinski Maciej Wierun, Krysta's father Leonard Boncza-Stepinski Piotr, Ewa's father Stefan Jaracz Jan Rudy Zygmunt Chmielewski Kazimierz Junosza-Stepowski Agent bolszewicki Honorata Leszczynska Jerzy Leszczynski

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed61

Dialogue density1.2 lines / min

First line00:06:27

Final line00:46:11

Production Record

DirectorRichard Boleslawski

LanguagePolish

IMDb votes111