To celebrate the year of Tadeusz Kościuszko we present a historical film about the Battle of Racławice, which was one of the first battles of the Kościuszko Uprising against Russia. The Poles were attacked on two sides by the Russians, yet they managed to sustain a victory with the help of some two-thousand peasants from the Lesser Poland area who were armed with war scythes and pikes. Though the battle was a small victory, it was lauded as a great step forward, which helped to get other areas of Poland involved in the Uprising. The director, Joseph Lejtes, was nominated three times throughout his career for the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival.
