Postacie historyczne.

Tenzin Gjaco

06.07.1935

tybetański duchowny buddyjski i polityk, dalajlama i noblista pokojowy

Winston Churchill

30.11.1874 → 24.01.1965

brytyjski premier, noblista literacki

Julian Medyceusz

28.10.1453 → 26.04.1478

Młodszy brat Wawrzyńca Wspaniałego

Cosimo de' Medici

27.09.1389 → 01.08.1464

Władca Florencji z dynastii Medyceuszy

Henryk V Lancaster

16.09.1386 → 31.08.1422

król Anglii

Karol VI Szalony

03.12.1368 → 21.10.1422

Król Francji

Baldwin IV Trędowaty

1161

król Jerozolimy

Kommodus

31.08.161 → 31.12.192

cesarz rzymski w latach 180–192 (161–192)

Kleopatra VII

13.01.69 p.n.e. → 12.08.30 p.n.e.

królowa hellenistycznego Egiptu z I wieku przed naszą erą

Akhenaten

Eighteenth-Dynasty pharaoh who promoted the worship of the Aten and radically challenged Egypt's traditional religious establishment.

Aron Ralston

American mountaineer and canyoneer who escaped Bluejohn Canyon after amputating his trapped right forearm.

Balian of Ibelin

A prominent nobleman of the Kingdom of Jerusalem who commanded the defense of Jerusalem during Saladin’s siege in 1187.

Bethany Hamilton

American surfer whose left arm was lost in a 2003 shark attack on Kauai and who subsequently returned to competitive surfing.

Bohdan Khmelnytsky

Cossack hetman and leader of the 1648 uprising against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Casimir III the Great

King of Poland from 1333 to 1370 and the last ruler of the Piast dynasty on the Polish throne.

Cyrus II

Cyrus II, commonly known as Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire and ruler of Persia from approximately 559 to 530 BCE.

Edward Smith

British maritime captain and commander of RMS Titanic on its maiden voyage.

Fred Rogers

American television host, producer, writer, musician, and advocate for children, best known for creating and hosting Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood from 1968 to 2001.

Frederick V of Denmark

King of Denmark and Norway from 1746 to 1766, whose government promoted the cultivation and settlement of Jutland’s heathlands.

Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici

Florentine banker and founder of the political fortunes of the senior Medici line.

Guy of Lusignan

King of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1192 and commander of the crusader army defeated at Hattin.

Heinrich Harrer

Austrian mountaineer whose experiences in Tibet form the basis of the film.

Henry IV of England

King of England from 1399 to 1413 and father of Henry V.

Herod Antipas

Ruler of Galilee during Jesus’s ministry and part of the regional political order under Roman supremacy.

Horemheb

Egyptian military commander and final pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, associated with the restoration of traditional institutions after the Amarna period.

Hussein bin Ali

Sharif and Emir of Mecca who led the Hashemite revolt against Ottoman rule in 1916.

Jan II Casimir

King of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania from 1648 to 1668, portrayed in the film as the monarch whose forces confront the Cossack rebellion.

Jeremi Wiśniowiecki

Polish-Lithuanian magnate and military commander who led the Commonwealth defense during the early stages of the uprising.

Jesus of Nazareth

Jewish preacher whose ministry and crucifixion form the narrative center of the film.

John III Sobieski

Grand Hetman of the Crown and commander of the Commonwealth forces victorious at Khotyn in 1673; he became king later that year.

Jordan Belfort

American stockbroker who founded and led Stratton Oakmont before pleading guilty to financial crimes.

Judas Iscariot

Disciple of Jesus whose betrayal and political relationship with him are central to the film’s interpretation.

Julius Caesar

Roman general and dictator whose rise accelerated the collapse of the republican political order.

Lorenzo de’ Medici

Florentine ruler, diplomat, and patron of Renaissance culture, known as Lorenzo the Magnificent.

Ludvig von Kahlen

A Danish officer of Mecklenburg background whose mid-eighteenth-century proposals helped advance attempts to cultivate the heathlands of Jutland.

Mahatma Gandhi

Indian lawyer, anti-colonial leader, and principal advocate of satyagraha and nonviolent resistance.

Marcus Aurelius

Roman Emperor (r. 161–180 CE).

Mark Antony

Roman general and politician who became a leading Caesarian power-holder after 44 BCE.

Michael Burry

Investor and founder of Scion Capital who anticipated the collapse of the U.S. subprime mortgage market.

Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki

King of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1669 to 1673.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Muslim League leader and founder of Pakistan.

Nero

Roman emperor from 54 to 68 CE whose reign forms the political setting for the story and whose government persecuted Christians in Rome after the Great Fire.

Pelé

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, the Brazilian footballer whose rise from poverty to international stardom is the film’s central subject.

Peter Aufschnaiter

Austrian mountaineer who escaped with Harrer and shared his journey across the Himalayas to Lhasa.

Pompey the Great

Roman general and statesman who opposed Caesar during the civil war.

Pontius Pilate

Roman prefect of Judea who presided over the authority responsible for Jesus’s crucifixion.

Pope John XXII

Avignon-based pope from 1316 to 1334 whose policies intensified the Franciscan poverty controversy.

Pope Sixtus IV

Pope whose political and territorial conflicts with the Medici contributed to the crisis surrounding the Pazzi conspiracy.

Saladin

The Ayyubid sultan who defeated the crusader army at Hattin and retook Jerusalem in 1187.

Sibylla of Jerusalem

Queen of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1190 and the wife of Guy of Lusignan.

Socrates

Athenian philosopher whose questioning of conventional beliefs and public religious trial culminated in his execution in 399 BCE.

Steve Eisman

Investor who became known for identifying weaknesses in subprime mortgage lending and profiting from the subsequent collapse.

T. E. Lawrence

British archaeologist, military officer, and liaison who participated in and helped coordinate Arab operations against the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

Tomyris

Queen of the Massagetae, known primarily from Herodotus’s account of the war with Cyrus II around 530 BCE.

Ulrich von Jungingen

Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, killed during the Battle of Grunwald.

William Wallace

Scottish knight and military leader who became Guardian of Scotland after the victory at Stirling Bridge and was executed in 1305.

Władysław II Jagiełło

King of Poland and commander of the Polish–Lithuanian coalition at the Battle of Grunwald.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Salzburg-born composer whose final decade was spent establishing an independent career in Vienna, where he died in 1791.

Yi Sun-sin

Joseon admiral and naval commander who led the Korean victory at the Battle of Myeongnyang.