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Znachor (1937 Film)
''The Quack'' or ''Znachor'' is a 1937 Polish drama film directed by Michał Waszyński, an adaptation of the novel by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz published in the same year. It is followed by ''Profesor Wilczur'' (1938) and '' Testament of Profesor Wilczur'' (1939). Cast *Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski ... Prof. Rafal Wilczur, alias Antoni Kosiba * Elżbieta Barszczewska ... Beata Wilczurowa, wife / Maria Wilczurówna, daughter * Witold Zacharewicz ... Leszek Czynski *Józef Węgrzyn... Dr. Dobraniecki *Mieczysława Ćwiklińska... Florentyna Szkopkowa * Romuald Gierasieński ... Franek, the usher (as R. Gierasienski) *Stanisław Grolicki ... Prokop, father * Wlodzimierz Lozinski ... Wasyl Prokop * Wojciech Brydzinski ... Father Czynski *Wanda Jarszewska ... Mother Czynska *Tadeusz Fijewski ... Dr. Pawlicki *Marian Wyrzykowski Marian Wyrzykowski (1904-1970) was a Polish theater actor. 1904 births 1970 deaths Polish male actors 20th-century Polish male actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michał Waszyński
Michał Waszyński (29 September 1904 – 20 February 1965) was first a film director in Poland, then in Italy, and later (as Michael Waszynski) a producer of major American films, mainly in Spain. Known for his elegance and impeccable manners, he was known by his acquaintances as "the prince". Waszyński was born as Mosze Waks into a Polish Jewish family in 1904 in Kowel, a small town in Volhynia (now in Ukraine), which at the time was part of Imperial Russia. As Germany occupied this part of Europe during World War I, he moved first to Warsaw and later to Berlin. As a young man he worked as an assistant director under the legendary German director F.W. Murnau. Upon his return to Poland he changed his name to Michał Waszyński and converted to Catholicism. In the 1930s Waszyński became the most prolific film director in Poland, directing 37 of the 147 films made in Poland in that decade, or one out of four. Along with popular films in Polish produced for a wide local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanisław Grolicki
Stanisław Grolicki (1892–1947) was a Polish film actor. Selected filmography * '' Prokurator Alicja Horn'' (1933) * '' Bohaterowie Sybiru'' (1936) * '' Daddy Gets Married'' (1936) * '' Znachor'' (1937) * '' Halka'' (1937) * '' Florian'' (1938) * '' Profesor Wilczur'' (1938) * ''The Three Hearts ''The Three Hearts'' (Polish: ''Trzy serca'') is a 1939 Polish romantic comedy film directed by Michał Waszyński and starring Jerzy Pichelski, Aleksander Żabczyński and Elżbieta Barszczewska. It was based on a novel by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mos ...'' (1939) * '' The Vagabonds'' (1939) Bibliography * Skaff, Sheila. ''The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939''. Ohio University Press, 2008. External links * 1892 births 1947 deaths Polish male film actors Male actors from Kraków 20th-century Polish male actors {{Poland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Drama Films
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 20 – Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first time that the United States presidential inauguration occurs on this date; the change is due to the ratification in 1933 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and assassinat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Drama Films
Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwriters Polish may refer to: * Polishing, the process of creating a smooth and shiny surface by rubbing or chemical action ** French polishing, polishing wood to a high gloss finish * Nail polish * Shoe polish * Polish (screenwriting), improving a script in smaller ways than in a rewrite See also * * * Polonaise (other) A polonaise ()) is a stately dance of Polish origin or a piece of music for this dance. Polonaise may also refer to: * Polonaises (Chopin), compositions by Frédéric Chopin ** Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 (french: Polonaise héroïque, l ... {{Disambiguation, surname Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Michał Waszyński
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Black-and-white Films
Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwriters Polish may refer to: * Polishing, the process of creating a smooth and shiny surface by rubbing or chemical action ** French polishing, polishing wood to a high gloss finish * Nail polish * Shoe polish * Polish (screenwriting), improving a script in smaller ways than in a rewrite See also * * * Polonaise (other) A polonaise ()) is a stately dance of Polish origin or a piece of music for this dance. Polonaise may also refer to: * Polonaises (Chopin), compositions by Frédéric Chopin ** Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 (french: Polonaise héroïque, l ... {{Disambiguation, surname Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930s Polish-language Films
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Films
The year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first American full-length animated film, ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1937 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 29 – '' The Good Earth'' premieres in the U.S. * April 16 – '' Way Out West'' premieres in the US. * May 7 – ''Shall We Dance'' premieres in the US. * May 11 – ''Captains Courageous'' premieres in New York. The film is released nationwide on June 25. * Monogram Pictures, who had merged with Republic Pictures two years earlier, decide to separate and distribute their own films again. * June 7 – Jean Harlow, one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the decade, dies aged 26 at Good Samaratan Hospital in Los Angeles. The official cause of death is listed as cerebral edema, a complication of kidney failure. * June 11 – '' A Day at the Races'' premieres in the U.S. * Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zygmunt Biesiadecki
Zygmunt Tadeusz Biesiadecki (26 October 1894 – January 1944) was a Polish actor and director. He was active in theatre and film between 1912 and 1939. A resistance member during the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ..., he and his wife were arrested by German troops and shot in a street execution in January 1944. Selected filmography *'' Gwiaździsta eskadra'' (1930) *'' Znachor'' (1937) References External links * 1894 births 1944 deaths Male actors from Kraków Polish male stage actors Polish male film actors 20th-century Polish male actors Polish theatre directors Polish civilians killed in World War II Polish resistance members of World War II Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany Deaths by firearm in Poland People execut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacek Woszczerowicz
Marian Jacek Woszczerowicz (1904–1970) was a Polish actor. Selected filmography * '' Znachor'' (1937) * '' Rena'' (1938) * ''Profesor Wilczur'' (1938) * '' Klamstwo Krystyny'' (1939) * '' Zemsta'' (1957) Bibliography * Skaff, Sheila. ''The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939''. Ohio University Press Ohio University Press (OUP), founded in 1947, is the oldest and largest scholarly press in the state of Ohio. It is a department of Ohio University that publishes under its own name and the imprint Swallow Press. History The press publishes ap ..., 2008. External links * * 1904 births 1970 deaths People from Siedlce People from Siedlce Governorate Polish male film actors 20th-century Polish male actors Artists from Białystok Recipients of the State Award Badge (Poland) {{Poland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian Wyrzykowski
Marian Wyrzykowski (1904-1970) was a Polish theater actor. 1904 births 1970 deaths Polish male actors 20th-century Polish male actors Recipient of the Meritorious Activist of Culture badge {{Poland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadeusz Fijewski
Tadeusz Fijewski (14 July 1911 – 12 November 1978) was a Polish stage and film actor. at the Internet Polish Movie Database He appeared in 50 films between 1927 and 1978. Selected filmography * '' Zew morza'' (1927) * '' Przedwiosnie'' (1928) * '' Pod banderą miłości'' (1929) * '' Prokurator Alicja Horn'' (1933) * '' Młody Las'' (1934) * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
