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Whereas the allies of the title character are played by French actors, actors from this modern-day country play Maximilien Robespierre and all his allies in the film Danton. Juliette Binoche’s (“bee-NUSH’s”) mother is from this country. Jeans, leather jackets, and thick-rimmed glasses were the signature attire of an actor known as this country’s “James Dean;” that actor played a revolutionary who ignites a row of cocktails in honor of a war song about red poppies. Kingsley directs actors from this country in a remake of the film 47 that blends with reality and the radio play Axxon N. in (*) David Lynch’s Inland Empire. Ashes and Diamonds is a film from this modern-day birth country of the elder three Warner brothers and Samuel Goldwyn. Eli Wallach and Alan J. Pakula were born to immigrants from this country, which has been judged to be the most likely birthplace of Tommy Wiseau. For 10 points, name this country of origin of the surname Wachowski. ■END■
ANSWER: Poland [or Polska; accept Congress Poland or Russian Poland] (The actor and film mentioned in the third line are Zbigniew Cybulski and Ashes and Diamonds, directed by Andrzej Wajda. Lynch has long admired Poland, especially Łódź.)
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