Jason Mitchell & Bartosz Bielenia Join Jacek Braciak For Polish Historical Actioner ‘Scarborn’ As Filming Wraps; K5 Int’l Boards Sales
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Jason Mitchell (Mudbound) and Bartosz Bielenia (Corpus Christi) have joined Jacek Braciak (Leave No Traces) for historical action title Scarborn, based on the story of Polish general and revolutionary war hero Tadeusz Kościuszko who is best known for fighting at George Washington’s side in the American War of Independence.
The project, which is the directed by Pawel Maślona and has just wrapped its shoot, also stars Robert Wieckiewicz (In Darkness) and Agnieszka Grochowska (Leave No Traces).
Daniel Baur’s K5 International has boarded worldwide sales on the project. Scarborn, which is written by Michał A. Zieliński, sees Kościuszko (Braciak) and his African American friend and former slave Domingo (Mitchell) return to Poland to organize an uprising and fight against the Russian invasion by mobilizing the Polish nobility and peasants.
They are followed by a ruthless Russian captain, Dunin (Wieckiewicz) who wants to capture the general at any cost before he triggers a national rebellion.
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