''Tonight a City Will Die'' () is a 1961 Polish
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Jan Rybkowski which presents the tragedy of Dresden during
bombings
A bomb is an explosive weapon that uses the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy. Detonations inflict damage principally through ground- and atmosphere-transmitted mechanic ...
between 13 and 14 February 1945, as seen through the eyes of Polish forced laborers. It was entered into the
2nd Moscow International Film Festival
The 2nd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 9 to 23 July 1961. The Grand Prix was shared between the Japanese film '' The Naked Island'' directed by Kaneto Shindo and the Soviet film '' Clear Skies'' directed by Grigori Chukhrai.
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where Boguslaw Lambach won the Silver Prize for Director of Photography.
Cast
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Andrzej Łapicki as Piotr
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Beata Tyszkiewicz
Beata Maria Helena Tyszkiewicz (born 14 August 1938) is a retired Polish people, Polish actress and TV personality.
Career
Beata Tyszkiewicz has worked mostly on the big screen but acted in several French TV movies, becoming famous through her ...
as Magda
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Jadwiga Chojnacka as Aunt Poldi
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Ignacy Gogolewski as SS Lt. Eryk
* Bernard Hecht as French Man
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Barbara Horawianka
Barbara Horawianka (14 May 1930 – 20 September 2024) was a Polish film actress. She has appeared in more than 35 films and television shows since 1955 to 2024. She died in Praski Hospital in Warsaw, on 20 September 2024, at the age of 94.
Sel ...
as Blonde Girl
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Kalina Jędrusik as Prostitute
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Emil Karewicz as Kurt Zumpe
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Elżbieta Kępińska as Worker
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Barbara Krafftówna as Iza
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Jadwiga Kuryluk as Weronika Zumpe
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Danuta Szaflarska
Danuta Szaflarska (; 6 February 1915 – 19 February 2017) was a Polish film and stage actress. In 2008 she was awarded the Złota Kaczka for the best Polish actress of the century. Szaflarska participated in the Warsaw Uprising as a liaison. Sz ...
as Italian cirkus performer
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Zdzisław Mrożewski as Professor
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Stanisław Łapiński as German in Shelter
References
External links
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1961 films
1961 drama films
1960s Polish-language films
Polish black-and-white films
Films directed by Jan Rybkowski
Polish drama films
Films set in Dresden
Works about the bombing of Dresden
Polish-language drama films
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