Film about the famous Battle of Vienna and the events surrounding it.
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The people behind it
Jerzy Bińczycki
Jan III Sobieski
Anna Dymna
Maria Kazimiera
Jerzy Kamas
Jan Gniński
Emil Karewicz
Stanisław Jabłonowski
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
Marek Matczyński
Józef Para
Opizio Palavicini
Franciszek Pieczka
Ibrahim Pasha
Karol Strasburger
Karl von Lothringen
Jerzy Trela
Kara Mustafa
Leonard Andrzejewski
Murad Giray
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