''Exile to Siberia'' (

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...

: ''Na Sybir'') is a Polish

historical film A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romances, adventure films, and swa ...

directed by Henryk Szaro 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 art direction was by Józef Galewski and Jacek Rotmil. The film was originally silent, but a

soundtrack A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack ...

was added in a

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studio.Skaff p.139

Synopsis

During the Revolution of 1905, a young Polish revolutionary is arrested in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

and set to

Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive region, geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a ...

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 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, and one of the most popular Polish actors and comedians of the interwar period. He starred in some of the most popular Polish film produc ...

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 1905 Russian Revolution Films directed by Henryk Szaro Transitional sound films Films set in Siberia {{historic-film-stub