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Colonel Wolodyjowski
Colonel Wolodyjowski
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1969
2h 28m
7.0(60 votes)
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In 1668 Polish colonel Michał Wołodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.

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