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Heroism (film)
''Eroica'' (released in some territories as ''Heroism'') is a 1958 Polish film by Andrzej Munk, and his second feature film after Man on the Tracks (1956). ''Eroica'' is composed of two separate stories, presenting satirical critiques of two aspects of the Polish character: acquisitive opportunism, and a romantic fascination for heroic martyrs. The film’s title is an ironic reference to Ludwig van Beethoven”s Third Symphony, which the composer initially dedicated to then French head Consulate Napoleon Bonaparte. When Napoleon declared himself Emperor, Beethoven, a devout republican, withdrew the dedication in disgust and titled the work simply “Eroica.” ''Eroica'' premiered on Polish Television in 1972 and depicts wartime couriers crossing the Tatra Mountains. Eroica won the FIPRESCI Award at the 1959 Mar del Plata Film Festival. Synopsis ''Scherzo Alla Pollacca'' The first part is a bitter, tragicomic story of Dzidziuś ("Babyface"), a street-wise bon-vivant, drun ...
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Andrzej Munk
Andrzej Munk (16 October 1921 – 20 September 1961) was a Polish film director, screen writer and documentalist. He was one of the most influential artists of the post-Stalinist period in the People's Republic of Poland. His feature films '' Man on the Tracks'' (''Człowiek na torze'', 1956), '' Eroica'' (''Heroism'', 1958), '' Bad Luck'' (''Zezowate szczęście'', 1960), and '' Passenger'' (''Pasażerka'' 1963), are considered classics of the Polish Film School developed in mid-1950s. He died as a result of a car crash in Kompina in a head-on collision with a truck. Life Munk was born in Kraków in a Jewish family.Andrzej Munk.Powstańcze Biogramy na stronie Muzeum Powstania warszawskiego
www.1944.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 7 December 2014.
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Tragicomedy
Tragicomedy is a literary genre that blends aspects of both tragedy, tragic and comedy, comic forms. Most often seen in drama, dramatic literature, the term can describe either a tragic play which contains enough comic elements to lighten the overall mood or a serious play with a happy ending. Tragicomedy, as its name implies, invokes the intended response of both the tragedy and the comedy in the audience, the former being a genre based on human suffering that invokes an accompanying catharsis and the latter being a genre intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter. In theatre Classical precedent There is no concise formal definition of tragicomedy from the classical antiquity, classical age. It appears that the Greek philosopher Aristotle had something like the Renaissance meaning of the term (that is, a serious action with a happy ending) in mind when, in ''Poetics (Aristotle), Poetics'', he discusses tragedy with a dual ending. In this respect, a number of An ...
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Witold Pyrkosz
Witold Pyrkosz (24 December 1926 – 22 April 2017) was a Polish actor. He was best known as Lucjan Mostowiak in Polish TV series "M jak miłość", as Pyzdra in " Janosik", as Wichura in "Czterej pancerni i pies", as Balcerek in "Alternatywy 4" and he was also a voice actor of Tow Mater in Polish dubbing of Pixar's Cars series. ↵His official birth certificate says that he was born on 1 January 1927 in Lwów; however, he stated that this was done purposely: the date was changed to delay his compulsory conscription for a year, while his mother registered his birthplace as Lwów because it "sounded more regal". In 1974, Pyrkosz was decorated with the Gold Cross of Merit and in 1984, with the Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta. In 2009, he received the Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis. During martial law, he took part in a media boycott, and in addition, he did not engage in any political activity during the times of the Polish People's Republic. In the years 19 ...
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Stanisław Bareja
Stanisław Sylwester Bareja (5 December 1929 – 14 June 1987) was a Polish filmmaker. Some of his films (mostly comedies) have reached cult status in Poland. His most famous film is ''Teddy Bear'' (''Miś''), filmed in 1980. His last work was ''Zmiennicy'', a TV series completed in 1986 and aired in 1987. On 21 September 2006 Bareja was posthumously awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta by President Lech Kaczynski and in 2005, a street in Warsaw was named after Stanislaw Bareja. Works Director * ''Zmiennicy'' (1986) * ''Alternatywy 4'' (1983) * ''Teddy Bear'' (''Miś'', 1981) * ''What Will You Do When You Catch Me?'' (''Co mi zrobisz, jak mnie złapiesz?'', 1978) * '' Brunet Will Call'' (''Brunet wieczorową porą'', 1976) * '' Incredibly peaceful man'' (''Niespotykanie spokojny człowiek'', 1975) * ''A Jungle Book of Regulations'' (''Nie ma róży bez ognia'', 1974) * '' Man - Woman Wanted'' (''Poszukiwany poszukiwana'', 1972) * '' Adventure with a ...
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Bogumił Kobiela
Bogumił Kobiela (31 May 1931 – 10 July 1969) was a Polish stage and film actor. He was an actor of , Ateneum Theatre in Warsaw, Komedia Theatre in Warsaw, Bim-Bom student theatre, Kabaret Wagabunda and Kabaret Dudek. He suffered serious injuries in a car crash on 2 July 1969 in Buszkowo. He died eight days later in hospital in Gdańsk. Selected filmography Kobilea appeared among other in the following films: * '' Szkice węglem'' (1957) * ''Ashes and Diamonds'' (1958) * ''Heroism'' (1958) * '' Bad Luck'' (1960) * ''Goodbye to the Past'' (1960) * ''Zacne grzechy'' (1963) * ''The Saragossa Manuscript'' (1965) * ''Three Steps on Earth ''Three Steps on Earth'' ( pl, Trzy kroki po ziemi) is a 1965 Polish drama film directed by Jerzy Hoffman and Edward Skórzewski. It was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Silver Prize. Cast * Irena Orska a ...'' (1965) * '' Małżeństwo z rozsądku'' (1966) * ' (1968) * '' Przekładaniec'' (1968) * '' ...
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Roman Kłosowski
Roman Kłosowski (14 February 1929 – 11 June 2018) was a Polish character actor and stage director. Biography He was born on February 14, 1929, in Biała Podlaska. Graduate of the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art's Faculty of Acting (1953) and Faculty of Directing (1965). He made his theater debut on September 1, 1953. Kłosowoski made his debut on stage as Puck in the production of Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. He made his screen debut in 1953, starring in the film '' Celuloza'' by Jerzy Kawalerowicz. He would go on the star in another of Kawalerowicz's films, ''Shadow'' (''Cień'') in 1956, a film which was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. The film is a ''Rashōmon''-like investigation into the life of a man found dead after having been hurled from a train. Then in 1964 he starred in the Aleksander Ford film ''The First Day of Freedom'' which was entered into the 1965 Cannes Film Festival. Kłosowski starred alongside Tadeus ...
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Henryk Bąk
Henryk Bąk (2 January 1923 – 29 August 1987) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1952 and 1980. Selected filmography * '' Eroica'' (1958) * '' Bad Luck'' (1960) * ''Milczące ślady'' (1961) * '' Kwiecień'' (1961) * ''Zacne grzechy'' (1963) * ''Barrier A barrier or barricade is a physical structure which blocks or impedes something. Barrier may also refer to: Places * Barrier, Kentucky, a community in the United States * Barrier, Voerendaal, a place in the municipality of Voerendaal, Netherla ...'' (1966) References External links * 1923 births 1987 deaths Polish male film actors People from Krasnystaw People from Lublin Voivodeship (1919–1939) Polish male stage actors Burials at Powązki Cemetery Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1944–1989) {{Poland-actor-stub ...
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Kazimierz Rudzki
Kazimierz Rudzki (6 January 1911, in Warsaw, Poland – 2 February 1976, in Warsaw) was a Polish stage and film actor, theatre director. Studied directing at Państwowy Instytut Sztuki Teatralnej. Actor of Syrena Theatre (also director), National Theatre and Współczesny Theatre. Popular presenter on Polish Radio and Polish Television, compère of satirical theatres (cabarets): Kabaret Szpak, Kabaret Wagabunda, Kabaret Pod Egidą and others. Professor at Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Teatralna. Selected filmography * '' Eroica'' (1958) * '' Głos z tamtego świata'' (1962) * '' Pierwszy dzień wolności'' (1964) * ''Marysia i Napoleon'' (1966) * ''Jak rozpętałem drugą wojnę światową ''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 ...'' (1969) * '' Nie lubię poniedział ...
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Mokotów
Mokotów , is a ''dzielnica'' (borough, district) of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Mokotów is densely populated, and is a seat to many foreign embassies and companies. Only a small part of the district is lightly industrialised (''Służewiec Przemysłowy''), while the majority is full of parks and green areas (Mokotów Field). Although the area has been populated at least since the early Middle Ages, it was not until early 1916 when Mokotów was incorporated into Warsaw. The name of the area, first appearing as the village of Mokotowo in documents from the year 1367, has unclear origins. It is hypothesised to have come from the name of a German owner of the village, who called himself Mokoto or Mokot, however no exact reference to such an individual can be found in the historical records. Most of the area was urbanised and redeveloped throughout the 1930s in the style of modernism. The majority of the buildings survived World War II, making it one of the few well-preserved pre ...
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Kazimierz Opaliński
Kazimierz Opaliński (22 February 1890 – 6 June 1979) was a Polish stage and film actor. He appeared in more than forty films between 1936 and 1975. Selected filmography References External links * 1890 births 1979 deaths Polish male film actors Polish male stage actors People from Przemyśl {{Poland-actor-stub ...
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Ignacy Machowski
Ignacy Machowski (5 July 1920 – 11 January 2001) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1954 to 1999. Selected filmography References External links * 1920 births 2001 deaths Burials at Powązki Cemetery Polish male film actors Recipient of the Meritorious Activist of Culture badge {{Poland-actor-stub ...
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Barbara Połomska
Barbara Połomska (9 January 1934 – 28 July 2021) was a Polish actress. She appeared in more than twenty films since 1955. Selected filmography References External links * 1934 births 2021 deaths Polish film actresses Actors from Bydgoszcz {{Poland-actor-stub ...
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