''Gods'' () is a 2014 Polish

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feature film directed by

Łukasz Palkowski Łukasz Palkowski (born 2 March 1976, Warsaw) is a Polish film director and screenwriter. Life and career He initially studied at the National Film School in Łódź but dropped out. In 2007, he made his first full-length feature film entitled '' ...

. It is based on the life and career of Polish cardiac surgeon Zbigniew Religa, who performed the first successful

heart transplant A heart transplant, or a cardiac transplant, is a surgical transplant procedure performed on patients with end-stage heart failure when other medical or surgical treatments have failed. , the most common procedure is to take a functioning heart ...

in Poland in 1987. The movie received the ''Golden Lions'' award for best film at the 39th

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(2014) and the ''Eagle'' at the

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(2015). Production of the film took place in autumn 2013.

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Tomasz Kot Tomasz Kot (Polish pronunciation: ; born 21 April 1977) is a Polish film, television, and theatre actor. He has appeared in more than 30 films and 26 plays as well as dozens of television series. He received the Polish Academy Award for Best Act ...

– Zbigniew Religa * Piotr Głowacki – Marian Zembala * Szymon Piotr Warszawski – Andrzej Bochenek * Magdalena Czerwińska – Anna Religa * Rafał Zawierucha – Romuald Cichoń * Marta Ścisłowicz – nurse Magda * Karolina Piechota – nurse Krysia * Wojciech Solarz –

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* Arkadiusz Janiczek –

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* Cezary Kosiński – Roman Włodarski * Konrad Bugaj – doctor * Magdalena Kaczmarek – nurse Jolka * Magdalena Wróbel – nurse Michalina * Milena Suszyńska – nurse Gośka *

Jan Englert Jan Aleksander Englert (born 11 May 1943) is a Polish film actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films since 1957. Since 2003 he has served as Artistic Director of the National Theatre in Warsaw. Biography Jan was born on 11 May 1943. In ...

– professor Wacław Sitkowski * Władysław Kowalski – Jan Moll *

Zbigniew Zamachowski Zbigniew Zamachowski (; born 17 July 1961) is a Polish actor. He is a two-time recipient of the Polish Academy Award for Best Actor. Life and career He was born on 17 July 1961 in Brzeziny near Łódź. Zamachowski graduated from the actor's ...

– Stanisław Pasyk * Marian Opania – Jan Nielubowicz * Małgorzata Łata – Ewka * Kinga Preis – Ewka's mother * Ryszard Kotys –

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member * Włodzimierz Adamski – ethics committee member * Marian Zembala – ethics committee member * Andrzej Bochenek – ethics committee member * David Price – speaker (Dr. Barnard) *

Magdalena Lamparska Magdalena Lamparska (born 6 January 1988, Słupsk, Poland) is a Polish film and theater actress. In 2011, Lamparska graduated from the Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Theatre Academy in Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is ...

– waitress

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''Bogowie''
at the Polish Internet Movie Database
Official movie trailer
at the producer's official YouTube channel (in Polish) 2014 films 2014 biographical drama films Polish biographical drama films Films set in hospitals Biographical films about surgeons 2014 drama films Films directed by Łukasz Palkowski Films set in Poland Films about alcoholism 2010s Polish-language films {{Poland-film-stub

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