Born for the Saber

Dec 10, 2019

1h 5m

★ 7.8

Overview

This is the story of a young nobleman and knight Błażeja Wronowski set in 17th-century Poland. Błażej begins military education with Jan Jerlicz, a veteran of the Moscow War. Jerlicz returns to his homeland to at the urging of his former companion, Jerzy Wronowski, to train the young Błażej. It is a story of honor, bravery and combat seen through the eyes of a young knight growing up in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Genres

History

Documentary

Production Companies

Leydo Film

Born for the Saber Trailers

Cast

Jan Jerlicz

Paweł Deląg

(Young) Blazej Wronowski

Wiktor Osinski

(Adult) Blazej Wronowski

Bartosz Sieniawski

(Father) Jerzy Wronowski

Maciej Kowalewski

Blacksmith

Zbigniew Juszkiewicz

Mother

Hanna Turnau

Circle leader

Dariusz Toczek

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