''A Diplomatic Wife'' ( pl, Dyplomatyczna żona) is a 1937 German-Polish

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Carl Boese Carl Eduard Hermann Boese (; 26 August 1887 – 6 July 1958) was a German film director, screenwriter, and film producer, producer. He directed 158 films between 1917 and 1957. Selected filmography * ''Farmer Borchardt'' (1917) * ''Donna Lucia ...

and

Mieczysław Krawicz Mieczysław Krawicz (2 February 1893, Warsaw – 17 September 1944, Warsaw) was a Polish film director from Warsaw. Life He was born on 1 January 1893 in Warsaw, in the Catholic family of Juliusz and Antonina (1857–1941). He graduated from hi ...

and starring Jadwiga Kenda,

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

and Lena Żelichowska. It is the

Polish language Polish (Polish: ''język polski'', , ''polszczyzna'' or simply ''polski'', ) is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic group written in the Latin script. It is spoken primarily in Poland and serves as the native language of the Poles. In a ...

version of ''

Adventure in Warsaw ''Adventure in Warsaw'' (german: Abenteuer in Warschau) is a 1938 German-Polish comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Georg Alexander, Paul Klinger and Jadwiga Kenda. The film was the second of two German-Polish co-productions following ...

''.Skaff p. 207

Cast

* Jadwiga Kenda as Jadwiga Janowska *

as Henryk de Fontana * Lena Żelichowska as Inez de Costello *

Mieczysława Ćwiklińska Mieczysława Ćwiklińska-SteinsbergĆwiklińska was the maiden name of Ćwiklińska's grandmother, Anna Trapszowa. (née Mieczysława Trapszo, ; 1 January 1879 – 28 July 1972) was a Polish film actress, stage actor, and singer. She was often ni ...

as Apolonia * Tadeusz Frenkiel as Radio Reporter *

Helena Grossówna Helena Grossówna (1904, Thorn, German Empire – 1994, Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish actress and dancer, who starred in several popular Polish films during the interwar period. She worked as a waitress during the German occupation of Poland, a ...

as Wanda *

Loda Halama Loda Halama (20 July 1911 – 13 July 1996) was a Polish dancer and actress. Principal dancer of Grand Theatre, Warsaw (1934–1936). She appeared in eleven films between 1927 and 1950. Selected filmography * '' Prokurator Alicja Horn'' (19 ...

as Dancer *

Wanda Jarszewska Wanda Jarszewska (3 November 1888 – 15 May 1964) was a Polish film actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1916 and 1962. Selected filmography * '' The Adventures of Anton'' (1913) * ''Pan Twardowski'' (1921) * '' Księżna Łowic ...

as Salon Owner *

Józef Kondrat Józef Kondrat (3 March 1902 – 4 August 1974) was a Polish stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1933 and 1972. Selected filmography * ''Dvanáct křesel'' (1933) * ''Każdemu wolno kochać'' (1933) * '' Parade ...

as Krupka, male secretary * Jerzy Leszczyński as Ambassador * Wojciech Ruszkowski as Jan Wolski *

Igo Sym Karol Juliusz "Igo" Sym (3 July 1896 – 7 March 1941) was a actor and collaboration, collaborator with Nazi Germany. He was killed in Warsaw by members of the Polish resistance movement in World War II, Polish resistance movement. Early career ...

as Tenor *

Michał Znicz Michał Znicz (1888–1943) was a Polish stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' Młody las'' (1934) * ''Pieśniarz Warszawy'' (1934) * '' Co mój mąż robi w nocy?'' (1934) * ''Love, Cherish, Respect'' (1934) * '' Panienka z poste rest ...

as Theater Director

References

Bibliography

*Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. *Kreimeier, Klaus. ''The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945''.

University of California Press The University of California Press, otherwise known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing. It was founded in 1893 to publish scholarly and scientific works by faculty ...

, 1999. *Skaff, Sheila. ''The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896–1939''.

Ohio University Press Ohio University Press (OUP), founded in 1947, is the oldest and largest scholarly press in the state of Ohio. It is a department of Ohio University that publishes under its own name and the imprint Swallow Press. History The press publishes ap ...

, 2008.

External links

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