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Lotna
''Lotna'' is a 1959 Polish war film directed by Andrzej Wajda. Overview This highly symbolic film is both the director's tribute to the long and glorious history of the Polish cavalry, as well as a more ambiguous portrait of the passing of an era. Wajda was the son of a Polish Cavalry officer who was murdered in the Katyn massacre. The horse Lotna represents the entire Romantic tradition in culture, a tradition that had a huge influence in the course of Polish history and the formation of Polish literature. Lotna is Wajda's meditation on the historical breaking point that was 1939, as well as a reflection on the ending of an entire era for literature and culture in Poland and in Europe as a whole. Writing of the film, Wajda states that it "held great hopes for him, perhaps more than any other." Sadly, Wajda came to think of ''Lotna'' "a failure as a film." The film remains highly controversial, as Wajda includes a mythical scene in which Polish horsemen suicidally charge a unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Witold Wajda (; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the "Polish Film School". He was known especially for his trilogy of war films consisting of '' A Generation'' (1955), '' Kanał'' (1957) and '' Ashes and Diamonds'' (1958). He is considered one of the world's most renowned filmmakers whose works chronicled his native country's political and social evolution and dealt with the myths of Polish national identity offering insightful analyses of the universal element of the Polish experience – the struggle to maintain dignity under the most trying circumstances. Four of his films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: '' The Promised Land'' (1975), '' The Maids of Wilko'' (1979), '' Man of Iron'' (1981) and '' Katyń'' (2007). Early life Wajda was born in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Polish Language Films
There are two lists of Polish language films: # Alphabetical by Polish title # Alphabetical by title of English release Alphabetical by Polish title * ''Austeria'' * '' Bilans kwartalny'' * '' Człowiek na torze'' * ''Człowiek z Marmuru'' * '' Człowiek z Żelaza'' * ''Dekalog'' * '' Dług'' * ''Eroica'' * '' Faraon'' * ''Golem'' * ''Jak być kochaną'' * ''Kanał'' * ''Klincz'' * '' Lotna'' * '' Miś'' * '' Nóż w wodzie'' * '' Ogniem i Mieczem'' * '' Ostatni dzień lata'' * ''Pan Wołodyjowski'' * ''Pasażerka'' * '' Pianista'' * '' Pociąg'' * '' Pokolenie'' * '' Popiół i Diament'' * '' Potop'' * '' Pożegnania'' * '' Pręgi'' * ''Przez dotyk'' * ''Quo Vadis'' * '' Rejs'' * '' Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie'' * '' Sanatorium Pod Klepsydrą'' * ''Seksmisja'' * '' Trzy Kolory: Bialy'' * '' Zemsta'' * ''Ziemia Obiecana'' Alphabetical by title of English release * '' Ashes and Diamonds'' * ''Austeria'' * ''Blind Chance'' * '' By Touch'' * ''Camera Buff'' * '' Colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiesław Gołas
Wiesław Ryszard Gołas (Polish: vʲε.swav 'gɔ.was 9 October 1930 – 9 September 2021) was a Polish actor and Armia Krajowa soldier. He was cast in the role of Tomasz Czereśniak in ''Czterej pancerni i pies'' (Polish: ''Four tank men and a dog''), a widely popular TV series set during World War II. He appeared in a number of films, including ''Ogniomistrz Kaleń'' (1961) and '' Dzięcioł'' (1970). Filmography * 1954 – '' Pokolenie'' * 1956 – ''Szkice węglem'' * 1956 – '' Cień'' * 1958 – ''Dezerter'' * 1958 – ''Miasteczko'' * 1958 – ''Rancho Texas'' * 1959 – '' Lotna'' * 1959 – '' Tysiąc talarów'' * 1960 – '' Zezowate szczęście'' * 1960 – '' Przygoda w terenie'' * 1960 – '' Hamleś'' – student film by |
Adam Pawlikowski
Adam Pawlikowski (1925–1976) was a Polish film actor. Selected filmography * ''Kanal'' (1957) * '' Lotna'' (1959) * '' Bad Luck'' (1960) * '' Goodbye to the Past'' (1961) * ''Ashes and Diamonds ''Ashes and Diamonds'' ( Polish original: ''Popiół i diament'', literally: ''Ash and Diamond'') is a 1948 novel by the Polish writer Jerzy Andrzejewski. The story takes place during the last few days of World War II in Europe, and describes th ...'' (1961- US release) * '' It Started Yesterday'' (1961) * '' Na białym szlaku'' (1962) * '' The Saragossa Manuscript'' (1965) * '' Dzięcioł'' (1971) Bibliography * Haltof, Marek. ''Polish National Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2002. External links * 1925 births 1976 deaths Polish male film actors Male actors from Warsaw 20th-century Polish male actors {{Poland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerzy Moes
Jerzy Moes (Jerzy Michal Moes; 29 September 1935 – 27 April 2019) was a Polish film and television actor. Moes was born in Warsaw, the sixth son of ten children of Aleksander Moes and his wife Barbara Sobańska (Junosza coat of arms). He is also the grandson of Aleksander Juliusz Moes (1856–1928), a Polish landowner and industrialist from Silesia, and a nephew of Władysław Moes (1900–1986). Selected filmography * ''Lotna'' (1959) * ''How I Unleashed World War II ''How I Unleashed World War II'' ( pl, Jak rozpętałem drugą wojnę światową) is a Polish feature film made in 1969, based on Kazimierz Sławiński's novel "''Przygody kanoniera Dolasa''" (''The Adventures of Dolas the Cannoneer''). It wa ...'' (1970) * '' Dzieciol'' (1971) Bibliography * Mazierska, Ewa & Ostrowska, Elżbieta. ''Women in Polish Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2006. References External links * 1935 births 2019 deaths Polish male film actors Polish male stage actors Male actors from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mieczysław Łoza
Mieczysław Łoza (6 January 1916 – 21 May 1982) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 40 films and television shows between 1952 and 1982. He was married to the actress Halina Buyno-Łoza. Selected filmography * ''Lotna ''Lotna'' is a 1959 Polish war film directed by Andrzej Wajda. Overview This highly symbolic film is both the director's tribute to the long and glorious history of the Polish cavalry, as well as a more ambiguous portrait of the passing of an era ...'' (1959) References External links * 1916 births 1982 deaths Polish male film actors Actors from Lublin {{Poland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bożena Kurowska
Bożena Kurowska (21 August 1937 – 16 September 1969) was a Polish actress. She appeared in five films between 1959 and 1966. Selected filmography * '' Lotna'' (1959) * '' Na białym szlaku'' (1962) References External links * 1937 births 1969 deaths Polish film actresses People from Łuków Polish stage actresses Burials at Bródno Cemetery Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw alumni {{Poland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronisław Dardziński
Bronisław Dardziński (30 December 1901 – 13 May 1971) was a Polish actor. He appeared in seventeen films between 1938 and 1966. Selected filmography * ''Doctor Murek'' (1939) * ''Lotna'' (1959) * ''Pharaoh Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian: '' pr ꜥꜣ''; cop, , Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') is the vernacular term often used by modern authors for the kings of ancient Egypt who ruled as monarchs from the First Dynasty (c. 3150 BC) until th ...'' (1966) References External links * 1901 births 1971 deaths Polish male film actors Male actors from Saint Petersburg {{Poland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KADR (studio)
KADR (since 1989 Studio Filmowe Kadr) is a major Polish film production and distribution company, founded in 1955 and still producing films as of 2016. Between its founding and 2003, KADR released 150 films in total, including many classics of Polish cinema. History "Arguably the most important Polish film studio," Kadr was founded on May 1, 1955, by filmmaker Jerzy Kawalerowicz, and its initial output is closely associated with him. Along with Krzysztof Teodor Toeplitz and Tadeusz Konwicki, Kawalerowicz was a primary influence on the development of the Polish Film School in the 1950s. With a few exceptions, its landmark films were produced at Kadr. The organization began as one of a few "film units" (''zespoły filmowe'') set up as state enterprises, and with close connections to the establishment National Film School in Łódź. By 1968 Kadr was a major studio, producing perhaps four titles annually, including the big-budget three-year period production of ''Pharaoh'', nomina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irena Malkiewicz
Irena Malkiewicz (15 September 1911 – 23 January 2004) was a Polish actress. She appeared in more than 30 films and television shows between 1936 and 1988. Selected filmography * ''Serce matki'' (1939) * ''Lotna'' (1959) * ''Passenger A passenger (also abbreviated as pax) is a person who travels in a vehicle, but does not bear any responsibility for the tasks required for that vehicle to arrive at its destination or otherwise operate the vehicle, and is not a steward. The ...'' (1963) References External links * 1911 births 2004 deaths Polish film actresses Actresses from Moscow {{Poland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karol Rómmel
Karol Rómmel (russian: Карл Альфонсович Руммель, german: Karol von Rummel; 23 May 1888 – 7 March 1967) was a Polish and Russian military officer, sportsman and horse rider. He competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics (in the Russian team), the 1924 Summer Olympics, and in the 1928 Summer Olympics (for Poland). As a military officer he served with distinction in World War I and the Polish-Bolshevist War. Biography Karol Rómmel was born on 23 May other sources report his day of birth: ''May 22'' 1888, in Grodno (then in Russian Empire, now in Belarus) to family of Karol Aleksander Rummel,Some sources cite Alfons Rummel; for instance the Polish Biographical Dictionary a general in Russian service and commanding officer of the 26th Artillery Brigade stationed in that town. His mother was Maria née Marcinkiewicz. Like his brothers Juliusz (who later rose to the rank of General of the Polish Army), Wilhelm, Waldemar and Jan, Karol Rómmel joined the ranks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerzy Pichelski
Jerzy Pichelski (27 November 1903, Saratov – 5 September 1963, Warsaw) was a Polish film and theatre actor. Selected filmography * ''Ostatnia brygada'' (1938) * ''Florian'' (1938) * '' The Three Hearts'' (1939) * ''Border Street'' (1948) * '' Lotna'' (1959) * ''Knights of the Teutonic Order The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem, commonly known as the Teutonic Order, is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem. It was formed to aid Christians on ...'' (1960) * ''Zamach'' (1960) * '' Bad Luck'' (1960) Bibliography * Skaff, Sheila. ''The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939''. Ohio University Press, 2008. References External links * 1903 births 1963 deaths Actors from Saratov People from Saratovsky Uyezd People from the Russian Empire of Polish descent Polish male film actors 20th-century Polish male actors {{Poland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
