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Love or a Kingdom

King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland secretly falls in love with Barbara Radziwiłłówna, a noblewoman of Lithuanian magnate lineage, defying his mother Queen Bona’s plans to wed him to a French princess.

1h 36m1936TMDb 5.1

DramaHistoryRomance

Polish

Crew and Cast

Józef LejtesDirectorJadwiga SmosarskaJadwiga SmosarskaBarbara RadziwiłłównaJan KurnakowiczJan KurnakowiczStolnik KieżgajłłoLudwik SempolińskiLudwik SempolińskiPoseł rakuskiWitold ZacharewiczWitold ZacharewiczZygmunt II AugustHelena BuczyńskaHelena BuczyńskaWujna BarbaryJerzy LeszczyńskiJerzy LeszczyńskiLeszczyński
Stefan HnydzińskiWirszyłłLena ŻelichowskaLena ŻelichowskaFaworyta królewskaJózef MaliszewskiJózef MaliszewskiPrymas DzieżgowskiJanusz ZiejewskiJanusz ZiejewskiDowoynaZygmunt ChmielewskiZygmunt ChmielewskiRadziwiłł CzarnyGustaw BuszyńskiGustaw BuszyńskiRadziwiłł RudyLeon ŁuszczewskiLeon ŁuszczewskiAliphioKazimierz OpalińskiKazimierz Opaliński
Michał Halicz

Storyline

King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland secretly falls in love with Barbara Radziwiłłówna, a noblewoman of Lithuanian magnate lineage, defying his mother Queen Bona’s plans to wed him to a French princess.

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Info

Original title
Barbara Radziwiłłówna
Status
Released
Released
7 December 1936
Runtime
1h 36m
TMDB score
5.1 / 10 (9 votes)

Production

Director
Józef Lejtes
Writers
Anatol Stern
Studios
Gel-Film
Countries
Poland

Languages

Original
Polish
Spoken
Polish