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title: 'Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Aleksander Ford'
released: '1960-07-15'
runtime_minutes: 166
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'War'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Polish People''s Republic'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/knights-of-the-teutonic-order-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054004/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960)

1960 · 166 min · Adventure, War, Romance · Polish People's Republic

Original title: Krzyżacy

## Synopsis

Knights of the Teutonic Order, also known as Knights of the Black Cross, is a 1960 Polish historical epic film adapted from a 1900 novel by Nobel laureate, Henryk Sienkiewicz. Directed by Aleksander Ford, it is one of the most successful movies in the cinema of Poland.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Aleksander Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksander-ford)
- **Screenplay:** [Aleksander Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksander-ford), [Jerzy Stefan Stawiński](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-stefan-stawinski)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Kazimierz Serocki](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazimierz-serocki)
- **Producer:** [Zygmunt Król](https://cinepixo.com/people/zygmunt-krol)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mieczysław Jahoda](https://cinepixo.com/people/mieczys-aw-jahoda)
- **Editor:** [Miroslawa Garlicka](https://cinepixo.com/people/miroslawa-garlicka)

## Cast

- [Urszula Modrzyńska](https://cinepixo.com/people/urszula-modrzynska) as Jagienka of Zgorzelice
- [Andrzej Krasicki](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-krasicki) as Hughens
- [Ryszard Ronczewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryszard-ronczewski) as Heinrich von Plauen
- [Emil Karewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/emil-karewicz) as Władysław II Jagiełło
- [Janusz Paluszkiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/janusz-paluszkiewicz) as royal marshall
- [Mieczysław Voit](https://cinepixo.com/people/mieczys-aw-voit) as Kuno von Lichtenstein
- [Stanisław Milski](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanis-aw-milski)
- [Tadeusz Białoszczyński](https://cinepixo.com/people/tadeusz-bia-oszczynski) as Janusz I of Warsaw
- [Mieczysław Stoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/mieczys-aw-stoor) as Hlawa
- [Tadeusz Schmidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/tadeusz-schmidt) as Jan Žižka
- [Irena Laskowska](https://cinepixo.com/people/irena-laskowska)
- [Mieczysław Kalenik](https://cinepixo.com/people/mieczys-aw-kalenik) as Zbyszko of Bogdaniec
- [Stanisław Winczewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanis-aw-winczewski)
- [Włodzimierz Skoczylas](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-odzimierz-skoczylas)
- [Leon Niemczyk](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-niemczyk) as Fulko de Lorche

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/knights-of-the-teutonic-order-1960
Film facts: Wikidata (Q913535); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.