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Hrabina Cosel (1968)

Hrabina Cosel poster
Directed by
Jerzy Antczak
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Poland
Runtime
2h 19m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A beautiful woman becomes the mistress of King Augustus the Strong in 18th century Poland. She rises in power and influence at court but her ambition and the king's shifting affections lead to her downfall.

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What happens

Countess Cosel (Polish: Hrabina Cose) is a 1968 Polish film directed by Jerzy Antczak. The film is based on Józef Ignacy Kraszewski’s novel Hrabina Cosel, a historical romance set in the court of Augustus the Strong, the first of the two Saxon kings of Poland, at the turn of the 18th century. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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