The Partisan (film)

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The Partisan
Directed by James Marquand
Written byJames Marquand
Produced byRobert Chadaj
Krystian Kozlowski
Mathew Whyte
Starring
CinematographyKarol Lakomiec
Edited byPrzemyslaw Chruscielewski
Production
companies
Distributed bySignature Entertainment
Release date
CountriesPoland
France
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£7.5 million [1]

The Partisan is a 2024 biographical spy thriller film directed and written by James Marquand. The film stars Morgane Polanski as a Polish agent of the British Special Operations Executive during the Second World War, Krystyna Skarbek. It also starring Frederick Schmidt, Agata Kulesza, Ingvar Sigurdsson and Malcolm McDowell. It premiered at the Gdynia Polish Film Festival on 27 September 2024, and is set to be released by Signature Entertainment in United Kingdom.

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Production

Principal photography began in October 2022 in Warsaw. [2] [3] [4] Morgane Polanski, Frederick Schmidt, Agata Kulesza, Ingvar Sigurdsson and Malcolm McDowell was cast in main roles while £7.5 million project supported by Polish Film Institute and Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. [1] [5] Some scenes was filmed in France, [6] Lublin, Tatra Mountains, [7] and completed in late May 2023 in Bystrzyca Kłodzka and Stołowe Mountains. [8] [9] [10] In May 2023, in was reported that Signature Entertainment acquired the rights of the film for release in United Kingdom. [11] [12]

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