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Tadeusz Kosciuszko, a hero of the American War of Independence and a great advocate of equal rights, democracy and freedom, returned to Poland in 1784 to fight for the nation’s independence. The Head of the Insurrection, wounded badly in the unsuccessful battle of Maciejowice, fell into Tsarist captivity in 1794. The Insurrection crumbled and Poland was partitioned. Kosciuszko and the statesman Julian Niemcewicz, along with a group of generals, were imprisoned in the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg.
This difficult period and the ensuing tribulations are the focus of the film Kosciuszko: Poland Will Yet Dance, which proves that we should never lose hope, because even in the worst defeat there is a glimmer of victory.
Duration: approx. 70 minutes