With Fire and Sword (film)

With Fire and Sword - Ogniem i mieczem
Polish release poster
Directed byJerzy Hoffman
Written byJerzy Hoffman
Andrzej Krakowski
Based onWith Fire and Sword
by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Produced byJerzy Frykowski
Jerzy Hoffman
Jerzy R. Michaluk
StarringIzabella Scorupco
Michał Żebrowski
Aleksandr Domogarov
CinematographyGrzegorz Kędzierski
Edited byMarcin Bastkowski
Cezary Grzesiuk
Music byKrzesimir Dębski
Distributed bySyrena EG
Release date
  • 12 February 1999 (1999-02-12)
Running time
  • 175 minutes (theatrical version)
  • 203 minutes (extended miniseries version)
LanguagesPolish, Ukrainian, Crimean Tatar
English subtitles
Budget24,000,000 zł ~ $8,000,000 (as of Aug. 2010)
Box office105,089,363 zł ~ $26,366,071 In ~1999, probably excluding later BD, DVD, VHS, TV: $26,366,071 PLN: 105 089 363
Cinema only - viewed by people/tickets: 7,151,354

With Fire and Sword (Polish: Ogniem i Mieczem; Ukrainian: Вогнем і Мечем, romanized: Vohnem i Mechem) is a 1999 Polish historical drama film directed by Jerzy Hoffman. The film is based on the novel With Fire and Sword, the first part in The Trilogy of Henryk Sienkiewicz. At the time of its filming it was the most expensive Polish film ever made.