''Exile to Siberia'' (

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: ''Na Sybir'') is a Polish

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directed by

Henryk Szaro Henryk Szaro (1900 – 1942) was a Polish screenwriter and film director. He was born Henoch Szapiro, of Jewish background. He became a leading Polish director of the late 1920 and 1930s. Szaro was killed in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942 during the O ...

and starring Adam Brodzisz,

Jadwiga Smosarska Jadwiga Smosarska (23 September 1898 – 1 November 1971) was a Polish film actress. She appeared in more than 25 films between 1919 and 1937, as well as various stage productions. Biography Smosarska was known for playing characters repre ...

and Mieczysław Frenkiel. It was released in 1930. The film's

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was by

Józef Galewski Józef is a Polish variant of the masculine given name Joseph. Art * Józef Chełmoński (1849-1914), Polish painter * Józef Gosławski (1908-1963), Polish sculptor Clergy * Józef Glemp (1929-2013), Polish cardinal * Józef Kowalski (19 ...

and

Jacek Rotmil Jacek Rotmil (1888–1944) was a Russian-born art director and production designer who worked on 100 films during his career Following the First World War, Rotmil entered the booming German film industry and worked prolifically until 1933. Follow ...

. The film was originally silent, but a

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was added in a

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studio.Skaff p.139

Synopsis

During the

Revolution of 1905 The Russian Revolution of 1905, also known as the First Russian Revolution, was a revolution in the Russian Empire which began on 22 January 1905 and led to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy under the Russian Constitution of 1906, t ...

, a young Polish

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is arrested in

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

and sent to

Siberia Siberia ( ; , ) is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has formed a part of the sovereign territory of Russia and its predecessor states ...

by the Russian authorities. His girlfriend travels out and helps him escape.

Main cast

* Adam Brodzisz as Ryszard Prawdzic aka Sęp ('Vulture') *

as Rena Czarska * Mieczysław Frenkiel as Józef Czarski, Rena's father *

Bogusław Samborski Bogusław Samborski (14 April 1897 – 1971) was a Polish film actor. He appeared in more than 25 films between 1925 and 1947. After the outbreak of World War II, he initially ran a cafe at the Polish Theater, closed after taking over the build ...

as Police Col. Sierow *

Mira Zimińska Mira Zimińska (1901–1997) was a Polish stage and film actress. She was the founder and long-time director of the Mazowsze folk group. In 1954 she married Tadeusz Sygietyński. After his death in 1955 she became a director of Mazowsze.Anna M ...

as Janka Mirska * Maria Chaveau as Charwoman *

Eugeniusz Bodo Eugeniusz Bodo (born Bohdan Eugène Junod; 28 December 1899 7 October 1943) was a film director, producer, singer, pianist and one of the most popular Polish actors and comedians of the interwar period. He starred in some of the most popular Pol ...

as Worker * Kazimierz Justian as Spy * Jan Belina

Bibliography

* Skaff, Sheila. ''The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939''. Ohio University Press, 2008.

References

External links

* 1930 films 1930 drama films 1930s romance films Polish drama films Polish historical films Polish romance films 1930s Polish-language films Polish black-and-white films Films set in Warsaw Films about the Russian Revolution of 1905 Films directed by Henryk Szaro Transitional sound films Films set in Siberia {{historic-film-stub