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)


AMC Village Crossing 18
(7000 N. Carpenter Ave.,Skokie)
Sunday, 11/13/22  3:00 pm.

Gallery Theatre
(1112 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago)
Saturday, 11/26/22  6:00 pm.

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

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