Cast
Lidia Wysocka (Lili), Franciszek Brodniewicz (Roberto Visconti), Jadwiga Andrzejewska (Jadzia), Mira Zimińska (Mira Stella), Zbigniew Rakowiecki (Jerzy Murski)

 

An unexpected guest turns up at the home of revue star Mira Stella. Her daughter, Lili, has returned home from the finishing school. To hide the fact that the famous diva already has a grown daughter, Mira asks Lili to pretend to be her… sister. The girl accidentally learns that her father is Roberto Visconti, a famous singer who has just returned to his country after many years of touring abroad. Excited Lili decides to meet her father and reconcile her parents, who have been quarreling for years.

 

 


MICHAL WASZYNSKI
Born as Mosze Waks in Kowel, Volhynia (now Ukraine) in 1904. One of the most important directors of the interwar period. He made forty films in the decade preceding World War II. In 1941, he joined Polish Armed Forces in the East commanded by General Władysław Anders. With Konrad Tom, they recorded the army’s journey to the Middle East in the documentary film “Children” (1943). A year later, he shot another documentary, “Monte Cassino”. Died in 1965 in Spain.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
1949   William Tell
1946   The Great Way (Wielka droga)
1944   Monte Cassino
1939   The Three Hearts (Trzy serca)
1938   Gehenna
1938   Professor Wilczur (Profesor Wilczur)
1937    The Dybbuk (Dybuk)
1937    The Quack (Znachor)
1934    The black Pearl (Czarna perła)
1934    Songster of Warsaw (Pieśniarz z Warszawy)
1932    Sound of the Desert (Głos pustyni)

Friday 11/17/23   7:00 pm.

GALLERY THEATRE
(1112 North Milwaukee Ave., Chicago)

1936, 77 min, Poland, USA
Polish with English subtitles

 

Direction/Reżyseria
MICHAŁ WASZYŃSKI

Script/Scenariusz
JAN FETHKE,
NAPOLEON SĄDEK

Cinematography/Zdjęcia
SEWERYN STEINWURZEL,
JAN STERN

Art Director/Scenografia
JACEK ROTMIL,
STEFAN NORRIS

Music/Muzyka
HENRYK WARS

Produced by/Produkcja
LEO FILM

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