Zbigniew Preisner

Zbigniew Preisner

Zbigniew Preisner (born 20 May 1955) is a Polish film score composer, best known for his work with film director Krzysztof Kieślowski. Preisner is best known for the music composed for the films directed by fellow Pole Krzysztof Kieślowski. His Song for the Unification of Europe, based on the Greek text of 1 Corinthians 13, is attributed to a character in Kieślowski's Three Colors: Blue and plays a dominating role in the story. His music for Three Colors: Red includes a setting of Polish and French versions of a poem by Wisława Szymborska, a Polish Nobel Prize-winning poet. After working with Kieślowski on Three Colors: Blue, Preisner was hired by the producer Francis Ford Coppola to write the score for The Secret Garden, directed by Polish director Agnieszka Holland. Although Preisner is most closely associated with Kieślowski, he has collaborated with several other directors, winning a César in 1996 for his work on Jean Becker's Élisa. He has won a number of other awards, including another César in 1994 for Three Colors: Red, and the Silver Bear from the 47th Berlin International Film Festival 1997 for The Island on Bird Street. He was nominated for Golden Globe awards for his scores for Three Colors: Blue (1993) and At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991). In 1998, Requiem for My Friend, Preisner's first large scale work not written for film, premiered. It was originally intended as a narrative work to be written by Krzysztof Piesiewicz and directed by Kieślowski, but it became a memorial to Kieślowski after the director's death. The Lacrimosa from this Requiem appears in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life. The Dies Irae from this Requiem appears in the film La Grande Bellezza, directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Preisner composed the theme music for the People's Century, a monumental twenty-six part documentary made jointly in 1994 by the BBC television network in United Kingdom and the PBS television network in the United States. He has also worked with director Thomas Vinterberg on the 2003 film It's All About Love. He provided orchestration for David Gilmour's 2006 album On An Island as well as additional orchestrations for the show at Gdańsk shipyards at which he also conducted the Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra, this was documented on the album Live in Gdańsk (2008). Silence, Night and Dreams is Zbigniew Preisner's new recording project, a large-scale work for orchestra, choir and soloists, based on texts from the Book of Job. The premier recording, was released in 2007 with the lead singer of Madredeus, Teresa Salgueiro and boy soprano Thomas Cully from Libera.

  • Title: Zbigniew Preisner
  • Popularity: 1.126
  • Known For: Sound
  • Birthday: 1955-05-20
  • Place of Birth: Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland
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  • Also Known As: Zbigniew Antoni Kowalski, Zigniew Preisner
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Zbigniew Preisner Movies

  • 2017
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    David Gilmour - Live At Pompeii (Bonus Wroclaw 2016)

    David Gilmour - Live At Pompeii (Bonus Wroclaw 2016)

    1 2017 HD

    David Gilmour, guitarist, composer and vocalist of the legendary formation Pink Floyd has performed in Poland on 25. June, 2016. He played the...

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  • 2005
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    Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski

    Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski

    8.5 2005 HD

    Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz directed this insightful TV documentary (2005) tracing the Polish filmmaker's career. Former classmates reminisce about...

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  • 2016
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    David Gilmour - Live in Wroclaw 2016

    David Gilmour - Live in Wroclaw 2016

    9 2016 HD

    David Gilmour, guitarist, composer and vocalist of the legendary formation Pink Floyd has performed in Poland on 25. June, 2016. He played the...

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  • 1994
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    Three Colors: Red

    Three Colors: Red

    7.919 1994 HD

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  • 1993
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    Three Colors: Blue

    Three Colors: Blue

    7.661 1993 HD

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  • 1994
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    Three Colors: White

    Three Colors: White

    7.462 1994 HD

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  • 1991
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    The Double Life of Véronique

    The Double Life of Véronique

    7.51 1991 HD

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  • 1988
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    A Short Film About Killing

    A Short Film About Killing

    7.589 1988 HD

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  • 1994
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    When a Man Loves a Woman

    When a Man Loves a Woman

    6.504 1994 HD

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  • 1993
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    The Secret Garden

    The Secret Garden

    7.417 1993 HD

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  • 1992
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    Damage

    Damage

    6.638 1992 HD

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  • 2001
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    Weiser

    Weiser

    5.7 2001 HD

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  • 2003
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    It's All About Love

    It's All About Love

    5.451 2003 HD

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  • 1990
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    Europa Europa

    Europa Europa

    7.3 1990 HD

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  • 2003
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    Strange Gardens

    Strange Gardens

    7.5 2003 HD

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  • 1997
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    The Island on Bird Street

    The Island on Bird Street

    7.1 1997 HD

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  • 1990
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    The Last Boat

    The Last Boat

    2.8 1990 HD

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  • 2005
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    Harry's Daughters

    Harry's Daughters

    4.4 2005 HD

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  • 1995
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    Feast of July

    Feast of July

    5.9 1995 HD

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  • 2021
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    Man of God

    Man of God

    6.9 2021 HD

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  • 1983
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    Psychoterapia

    Psychoterapia

    5 1983 HD

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  • 2014
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    The History of Eternity

    The History of Eternity

    7.7 2014 HD

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  • 2017
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    Angelica

    Angelica

    4.8 2017 HD

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  • 1988
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    I Love Cinema

    I Love Cinema

    7 1988 HD

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  • 2011
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    The Tree of Life

    The Tree of Life

    6.742 2011 HD

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  • 2000
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    Aberdeen

    Aberdeen

    6.485 2000 HD

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  • 2008
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    A Woman in Berlin

    A Woman in Berlin

    6.6 2008 HD

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  • 1986
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    I Like Bats

    I Like Bats

    4.3 1986 HD

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  • 1989
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    Decalogue VII

    Decalogue VII

    7.438 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    Decalogue X

    Decalogue X

    7.947 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    Decalogue V

    Decalogue V

    7.881 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    Decalogue IV

    Decalogue IV

    7.766 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    Decalogue VIII

    Decalogue VIII

    7.254 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    Decalogue IX

    Decalogue IX

    7.561 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    Decalogue VI

    Decalogue VI

    7.968 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    Decalogue III

    Decalogue III

    7.083 1989 HD

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  • 1985
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    No End

    No End

    7 1985 HD

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  • 1989
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    Decalogue II

    Decalogue II

    7.261 1989 HD

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  • 1986
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    Will There Be a War

    Will There Be a War

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1991
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    At Play in the Fields of the Lord

    At Play in the Fields of the Lord

    6.3 1991 HD

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  • 1989
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    Decalogue VI

    Decalogue VI

    7.968 1989 HD

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  • 2000
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    The Last September

    The Last September

    5.2 2000 HD

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  • 2016
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    The Queen of Spain

    The Queen of Spain

    5.2 2016 HD

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  • 2004
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    The Beautiful Country

    The Beautiful Country

    5.986 2004 HD

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  • 1992
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    Olivier, Olivier

    Olivier, Olivier

    6.5 1992 HD

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  • 1991
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    Kieslowski: Dialogue

    Kieslowski: Dialogue

    7 1991 HD

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  • 1988
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    To Kill a Priest

    To Kill a Priest

    6 1988 HD

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  • 2023
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    Aprilis

    Aprilis

    1 2023 HD

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  • 2018
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    Lies We Tell

    Lies We Tell

    5.5 2018 HD

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  • 2024
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    Stimulants & Empathogens

    Stimulants & Empathogens

    1 2024 HD

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  • 1997
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    FairyTale: A True Story

    FairyTale: A True Story

    6.4 1997 HD

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  • 1988
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    A Short Film About Love

    A Short Film About Love

    7.785 1988 HD

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  • 1995
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    Elisa

    Elisa

    6.4 1995 HD

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  • 1989
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    Decalogue I

    Decalogue I

    8.059 1989 HD

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  • 2017
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    Valley of Shadows

    Valley of Shadows

    6.4 2017 HD

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  • 2024
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    Haunted Heart

    Haunted Heart

    5.9 2024 HD

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  • 1998
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    Foolish Heart

    Foolish Heart

    4.7 1998 HD

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  • 1993
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    On the Edge of the Horizon

    On the Edge of the Horizon

    5.4 1993 HD

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  • 2002
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    Between Strangers

    Between Strangers

    6.3 2002 HD

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  • 1986
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    Kolysanka

    Kolysanka

    1 1986 HD

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  • 2016
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    My Hindu Friend

    My Hindu Friend

    4.2 2016 HD

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  • 2020
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    Mother Didn't Know

    Mother Didn't Know

    1 2020 HD

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  • 2020
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    Memories of My Father

    Memories of My Father

    7.6 2020 HD

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  • 1992
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    Dismissed From Life

    Dismissed From Life

    3 1992 HD

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  • 1986
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    Przez dotyk

    Przez dotyk

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1999
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    Dreaming of Joseph Lees

    Dreaming of Joseph Lees

    6 1999 HD

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  • 1987
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    Escape

    Escape

    1 1987 HD

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  • 2020
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    Dear Child

    Dear Child

    1 2020 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Weather Forecast

    The Weather Forecast

    6 1983 HD

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  • 2007
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    A Secret

    A Secret

    6.472 2007 HD

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  • 1989
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    The Last Schoolbell

    The Last Schoolbell

    7.429 1989 HD

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  • 1994
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    Desire in Motion

    Desire in Motion

    5.3 1994 HD

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  • 1990
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    City Life

    City Life

    10 1990 HD

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  • 1991
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    Eminent Domain

    Eminent Domain

    5.8 1991 HD

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  • 2018
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    Lies We Tell

    Lies We Tell

    5.5 2018 HD

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  • 2012
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    Aglaya

    Aglaya

    6.2 2012 HD

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  • 1970
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    8.5 1970 HD

    Originally made for Polish television, “The Decalogue” focuses on the residents of a housing complex in late-Communist Poland, whose...

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  • 1970
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    6.1 1970 HD

    At the battle of Solferino Joseph von Trotta, a lieutenant in the Slovenian infantry, is wounded while saving the life of the young Austrian Emperor...

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