''Farewells'' (also titled ''Lydia Ate the Apple'' and ''Partings'' in the

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; original Polish title: ''Pożegnania'') ''is'' a Polish

film A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, sinc ...

released in 1958 and directed by

Wojciech Has Wojciech Jerzy Has (1 April 1925 – 3 October 2000) was a Polish film director, screenwriter and film producer. Early life and studies Wojciech Jerzy Has was born in Kraków. Has himself was agnostic. However, his family on both sides was ...

. Taking place in Poland during the late 1930s and early 1940s, this melancholy film evokes the insecurity and despair pervading Poland at the time.

Premise

The story begins immediately before

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

and centers on Pawel (

Tadeusz Janczar Tadeusz Janczar (; 25 April 1926 – 31 October 1997) was a Polish film actor. He appeared in 26 films between 1952 and 1983. Partial filmography * ''Zaloga'' (1952) - Brzozowski * ''Zolnierz zwyciestwa'' (1953) - Franek * '' Five Boys from Ba ...

), a member of a conservative, bourgeois family, and his love for the thoroughly jaded Lidka ( Maria Wachowiak), a dancer. The mismatched pair finds momentary happiness during a trip to the countryside, however social conventions and the lovers' inability to defy them force Pawel and Lidka to part. The times change, war breaks out and ends; Pawel suffers at

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concentration camp and Lidka marries his cousin. Years later the two rediscover each other much changed, and find that they may still have the capacity for love.

Cast

* Maria Wachowiak as Lidka *

as Paweł *

Gustaw Holoubek Gustaw Teofil Holoubek (21 April 1923 – 6 March 2008) was a Polish actor, director, member of the Polish Sejm, and a senator. Holoubek participated in the September Campaign and was a prisoner of war during the Nazi German Occupation of Pol ...

as Mirek * Stanisław Jaworski as Doctor Janowski * Stanisław Milski as Professor * Zdzisław Mrożewski as Paweł's Father * Irena Netto as Motel Owner *

Józef Pieracki Józef Pieracki (10 September 1909 - 5 August 1988) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1953 to 1986. Selected filmography References External links * 1909 births 1988 deaths Polish male film actors Rec ...

as Professor Michniewicz *

Irena Starkówna Irena may refer to: People *Irena (name) Places *Irena, Missouri, a village in the United States *Irena, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, a village in south-east Poland *Irena, Lublin Voivodeship, a town in eastern Poland, merged into nearby Dęblin ...

Countess Róza * Helena Sokolowska as Aunt Waleria Siekierzynska *

Hanna Skarzanka Hannah or Hanna may refer to: People, biblical figures, and fictional characters * Hannah (name), a female given name of Hebrew origin * Hanna (Arabic name), a family and a male given name of Christian Arab origin * Hanna (Irish surname) (inclu ...

as Maryna *

Jarema Stepowski Jarema is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Maria Jarema Maria Jarema (24 November 1908 – 1 November 1958) was a Polish painter, sculptor, scenographer and actress. Life and career She was born on 24 November 1908 in Sta ...

as Waiter *

Saturnin Zórawski Saturnin of Toulouse (, , , , and , , and ) was one of the ''"Apostles to the Gauls"'' sent out (probably under the direction of Pope Fabian, 236–250) during the consulate of Decius and Gratus (250–251) to Christianise Gaul after the perse ...

as Butler Feliks

Production

The film is an adaptation of a lyrical and reflective

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Stanisław Dygat Stanisław Ludwik Dygat (5 December 1914, Warsaw – 29 January 1978, Warsaw) was a Polish writer. His most famous novel, "Jezioro Bodeńskie" ("Lake Constance"), was written during World War II and published in 1946. All of his works are partly a ...

, with a screenplay written by Dygat himself and Has.

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* 1958 films Polish black-and-white films Films directed by Wojciech Has Films based on Polish novels 1950s Polish-language films 1958 drama films {{Poland-film-stub

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