Cast
Jadwiga Andrzejewska (Jadwiga), Renata Bogdańska (Irena), Albin Ossowsk (Adam), Józef Winawer (Doctor)
The life of an engaged couple – Adam and Irena – divided by war and tossed by fortune from the Siege of Lwów in 1939 through the establishment of Anders’ Army in the USSR, deserts of Iran, Iraq, Palestine and Egypt to the Italian campaign.
Film restored by the National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute.
MICHAŁ WASZYŃSKI
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)
1946, 87 min, Poland
Polish with English subtitles
Direction/Reżyseria
MICHAŁ WASZYŃSKI
Script/Scenariusz
KONRAD TOM
Cinematography/Zdjęcia
STANISŁAW LIPIŃSKI,
SEWERYN STEINWURZEL
Music/Muzyka
HENRYK WARS
Produced by/Produkcja
Ośrodek Kultury i Prasy II Korpusu Polskiego