A biography of Nicholas Copernicus covering 50 years of the astronomer's life - from his studies in Europe to his theological work all the way to the creation of his magnum opus, On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres.
Production
Painstaking 16th-century Poland recreated with Soviet Bloc dedication.
Acting
Kopiczyński's Copernicus: brilliant, anxious, utterly alone.
Director
Czesław Petelski
Andrzej Kopiczyński
Mikołaj Kopernik
Barbara Wrzesińska
Anna Schilling
Czesław Wołłejko
Łukasz Watzenrode
Andrzej Antkowiak
Andrzej Kopernik
Klaus-Peter Thiele
Jerzy Joachim Retyk
Henryk Boukołowski
Cardinal Hipolit d'Este
Hannjo Hasse
Ossiander
Henryk Borowski
Tiedemann Giese
Jadwiga Chojnacka
Kacper's Mother
Aleksander Fogiel
Matz Schilling
Emilia Krakowska
Kacper's Wife
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
Jan Dantyszek
Leszek Herdegen
Mateusz
Witold Pyrkosz
Płotowski
Wiktor Sadecki
Wojciech of Brudzew
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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