The Gateway of Europe

The Gateway of Europe () is a Polish historical film. It was released in 1999. In 2001, it received Polish Film Awards for Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design and Best Production Design.

Plot

In January 1918, three volunteer nurses came to the field hospital and Polish Corps located in the manor in Ciechinicze (Cichinicze) between Rahačoŭ and Babrujsk. Sophie, one of the nurses, finds her previously missing brother. When the hospital gets into the hands of the Bolsheviks, the sisters must cope not only with patient care, but also the brutality of the enemy soldiers.

Cast

Alicja Bachleda-Curuś as Zosia

Kinga Preis as Hala

Henryk Boukołowski as Dr Mroczek

Agata Buzek as Henrietta

Piotr Szwedes as Smagły

Małgorzata Rudzka as Lasiewska

Agnieszka Sitek − Ira

Mariusz Bonaszewski − dr Lesiewski

Piotr Szwedes − Smagły

Piotr Adamczyk − Sztyller

Katarzyna Groniec − Niewidoma

Magda Teresa Wójcik − Kobieta

Jan Kozaczuk − Staszewicz

Piotr Rzymyszkiewicz − kolega Staszewicza

Andriej Jegorow − Andriej Anczew

Aleksander Kalinowski − Rudy

Michał Breitenwald − Żyd

Jerzy Mularczyk − ranny

References

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1999 films

Polish historical films

1990s Polish-language films

Films set in 1918

1990s historical films

Russian Civil War films

Polish war films

Films about nurses