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Michał Jerzy Wołodyjowski

Michał Jerzy Wołodyjowski
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Michał Wołodyjowski (Jerzy Michał Wołodyjowski) is a fictional Polish hero, a great soldier, in Henryk Sienkiewicz's Trilogy: With Fire and Sword, The Deluge and Pan Wołodyjowski.

Michał Wołodyjowski is partly based on the historic figure, Colonel Jerzy Wołodyjowski, a Polish noble of the Korczak clan.



Michał Wołodyjowski, a Polish warrior, took part in many battles from a young age, being involved in a war which saw Poland confronted with four super-powers, yet still winning the war. In one of his battles, his army was outnumbered by 7 thousand and the Turkish army yet still retreated from the sight of Wołodyjowski, because of his great legend on his skills with the sword. He lived during the second half of the 17th century. Wołodyjowski, called the "Little Knight" due to his short height, is one of the best fencers in the country and the rest of the world as well, a true master of szabla (a type of Polish saber). Along with his friends Jan Skrzetuski and Onufry Zagłoba, he fights to save his country from foreign invaders.

Wołodyjowski dies in the Siege of Kamieniec Podolski, when together with his friend Ketling, he blows himself up in a gunpowder depot, rather than witness the surrender of the fortress that is being made by the betrayal of the church joining the Turks.

The novels have also been made into films: With Fire and Sword, The Deluge and Pan Wolodyjowski.

Played by the actors

Tadeusz Łomnicki
Tadeusz Łomnicki
(2 films)
Zbigniew Zamachowski
Zbigniew Zamachowski
(1 films)
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Filmography of Michał Jerzy Wołodyjowski (3 films)

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With Fire and Sword
With Fire and Sword (1999)
, 2h55
Directed by Jerzy Hoffman
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical, Crime, Romance
Actors Izabella Dorota Skorupko, Michał Żebrowski, Alexandre Domogarov, Małgorzata Foremniak, Krzysztof Kowalewski, Bohdan Stupka
Rating69% 3.4984253.4984253.4984253.4984253.498425
The story is set in Ukrainian lands of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland of the 17th century during the Khmelnytsky Uprising 1648-51. A Polish knight Skrzetuski and a Cossack otaman Bohun fall in love with the same woman, Helena. Their rivalry unfolds against the backdrop of a Cossack uprising led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky aimed at reclaiming the control of the land from the hands of the Polish nobles. Historic events form a framework for an action- and character-driven plot, and fictional characters mingle with historic ones. The movie, as the book, culminates with the savage Battle of Berestechko.
The Deluge
The Deluge (1974)
, 5h15
Directed by Jerzy Hoffman
Origin Pologne
Genres War, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Actors Daniel Olbrychski, Małgorzata Braunek, Tadeusz Łomnicki, Krzysztof Kowalewski, Kazimierz Wichniarz, Władysław Hańcza
Rating76% 3.840363.840363.840363.840363.84036
The film is set in the 17th century during the Swedish invasion of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the years 1655 to 1658, known as The Deluge, which was eventually thwarted by the Polish-Lithuanian forces. However, a quarter of the Polish-Lithuanian population died through war and plague, and the country's economy was devastated.