The Gorgon Case

Nov 25, 1977

2h 18m

★ 5.8

Overview

In 1931, just before the New Year, in a house of architect Henryk Zaremba scream rips the night. The daughter of Zaremba is found killed in her bedroom, obviously killed with a pickaxe. The police arrives and starts the investigation. Rita Gorgonova, the governess of the girl and also lover of Zaremba becomes the main suspect. Film based on real events - investigation and court trials of the most famous pre-war Polish murder case. Despite being historically accurate the movie is both involving and entertaining since the case was simple on the surface, but very complicated in details.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Mystery

History

Production Companies

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Cast

Rita Gorgonowa

Ewa Dałkowska

Mecenas Maurycy Axer, obrońca Gorgonowej

Aleksander Bardini

Prokurator Krynicki

Mariusz Dmochowski

Kulczycki, sędzia śledczy

Andrzej Łapicki

Inżynier Henryk Zaremba, ojciec Lusi

Roman Wilhelmi

Alfred Jendl, przewodniczący składu sędziowskiego w Krakowie

Tadeusz Białoszczyński

Aspirant Respond

Jan Englert

Profesor, biegły sądowy podczas procesu w Krakowie

Wojciech Pszoniak

Łaniewski, prokurator oskarżający podczas procesu we Lwowie

Stanisław Zaczyk

Nadkomisarz Frankiewicz

Wiktor Nanowski

Szypuła, prokurator oskarżający podczas procesu w Krakowie

Michał Pawlicki

Antonowicz, przewodniczący składu sędziowskiego we Lwowie

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