''The Three Hearts'' (Polish: ''Trzy serca'') is a 1939 Polish

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...

film directed by

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 film producer, producer of major United States, American films, mainly in Spain. Known for h ...

and starring Jerzy Pichelski,

Aleksander Żabczyński Aleksander Bożydar Żabczyński (24 July 1900 in Warsaw – 31 May 1958 in Warsaw), was a Polish stage and movie actor, and one of the most popular actors during the interwar period in Poland. Filmography * ''Czerwony błazen'' (1926) * '' Ziemia ...

and Elżbieta Barszczewska. It was based on a novel by

Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (; 10 August 1898 – 20 September 1939) was a Polish writer, journalist and author of over a dozen popular novels. One of his best known works, which in Poland became a byword for fortuitous careerism, was '' The Career ...

Cast

* Jerzy Pichelski - Maciek Tyniecki / Maciek Kudro *

- Gogo Kudro * Elżbieta Barszczewska - Kasia * Leokadia Pancewicz-Leszczyńska - Countess Matylda Tyniecka * Zofia Lindorf - Michalinka Zurda * Tadeusz Białoszczyński - Aleksander Kudro *

Aleksander Zelwerowicz 200px, Zelwerowicz and Polish Radio, 1949 Aleksander Zelwerowicz (14 August 1877 in Lublin – 18 June 1955 in Warsaw) was a Polish actor, director, theatre president and a teacher. He received the Order of Polonia Restituta and is one of the Po ...

- Uncle Seweryn Tukałło *

Helena Buczyńska Helena Buczyńska (1894–1957) was a Polish actress. Selected filmography * ''His Excellency, The Shop Assistant'' (1933) * ''Granny Had No Worries'' (1935) * ''Profesor Wilczur'' (1938) * ''The Vagabonds (1939 film), The Vagabonds'' (1939) * ...

- Aunt Betsy * Janina Krzymuska - Aunt Klotylda 'Klocia' * Stanislaw Łapiński - Land Steward * Feliks Chmurkowski - Mr. Kolicz *

Stanisław Grolicki Stanisław Grolicki (2 February 1892 – 1 February 1947) was a Polish film actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the trad ...

- Apartment Superintendent * Jerzy Chodecki - Lawyer

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1939 films Polish romantic comedy films 1930s Polish-language films Films directed by Michał Waszyński Films based on Polish novels Films based on works by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz Polish black-and-white films 1939 romantic comedy films Polish-language romantic comedy films {{1930s-Poland-film-stub