Ivan Franko, an aristocratic widow and a priest
In 1888, an elderly Catholic priest is attacked in Kukeziv, near Lviv, in an attempted murder and robbery. What initially looks like an ordinary criminal case becomes a public sensation when a mother and son from the respected Strzelecki family stand trial.
The case caught Ivan Franko’s attention and inspired his novel ‘Основи суспільності’ (‘The Foundations of Society’). Were the Strzeleckis guilty, or victims of a biased investigation and rumours? And what drew Franko to their story?
Background music: Scott Buckley — “I Walk With Ghosts”.
Sources
Zbrodnia w Kukizowie. Stenogram procesu. (Lwów, 1889)
Основи суспільності - Іван Франко
Tomasz J. Kotliński, Galicyjskie mowy obrończe
The case caught Ivan Franko’s attention and inspired his novel ‘Основи суспільності’ (‘The Foundations of Society’). Were the Strzeleckis guilty, or victims of a biased investigation and rumours? And what drew Franko to their story?
Background music: Scott Buckley — “I Walk With Ghosts”.
Sources
Zbrodnia w Kukizowie. Stenogram procesu. (Lwów, 1889)
Основи суспільності - Іван Франко
Tomasz J. Kotliński, Galicyjskie mowy obrończe