In 1668 Polish colonel Michael Wolodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.
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Tadeusz Łomnicki Magdalena Zawadzka Mieczysław Pawlikowski Hanka Bielicka Barbara Brylska Irena Karel Jan Nowicki Daniel Olbrychski Marek Perepeczko Mariusz Dmochowski Władysław Hańcza Gustaw Lutkiewicz Tadeusz Schmidt Andrzej Szczepkowski Leonard Andrzejewski Bogusz Bilewski Aleksander Gąssowski Wiktor Grotowicz Jerzy Kaczmarek Tadeusz Kosudarski Andrzej Osadziński Andrzej Piątkowski Andrzej Przeździecki Ryszard Ronczewski Tadeusz Somogi Witold Skaruch Gustaw Holoubek Jerzy Kozłowski Czesław Magnowski Jan Tesarz Ryszard Wachowski
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