''Farewells'' (also titled ''Lydia Ate the Apple'' and ''Partings'' in the

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) is the English title for ''Pożegnania'', a film released in 1958, directed by

Wojciech Has Wojciech Jerzy Has (1 April 1925, Kraków – 3 October 2000, Łódź) was a Polish film director, screenwriter and film producer. Early life and studies Wojciech Jerzy Has was born in Kraków. Has himself was agnostic. However, his family ...

. The film is an adaptation of a highly lyrical and reflective novel by Stanisław Dygat, with a screenplay written by Dygat and Has. Taking place in Poland during the late 1930s and early 1940s, this melancholy film evokes the insecurity and despair pervading Poland at the time. The story begins immediately before

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and centers on Pawel (

Tadeusz Janczar Tadeusz Janczar (; 25 April 1926 – 31 October 1997) was a Polish film actor. He appeared in 26 films between 1952 and 1983. Partial filmography * ''Zaloga'' (1952) - Brzozowski * ''Zolnierz zwyciestwa'' (1953) - Franek * '' Five Boys fro ...

), a member of a conservative, bourgeois family, and his love for the thoroughly jaded Lidka (

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), a dancer. The mismatched pair finds momentary happiness during a trip to the countryside, however social conventions and the lovers' inability to defy them force Pawel and Lidka to part. The times change, war breaks out and ends; Pawel suffers at Auschwitz concentration camp and Lidka marries his cousin. Years later the two rediscover each other much changed, and find that they may still have the capacity for love.

Cast

as Lidka *

as Paweł *

Gustaw Holoubek Gustaw Teofil Holoubek (21 April 1923 – 6 March 2008) was a Polish actor, director, member of the Polish Sejm, and a senator. Holoubek participated in the September Campaign and was a prisoner of war during the Nazi German Occupation of P ...

as Mirek * Stanisław Jaworski as Doctor Janowski *

Stanisław Milski Stanisław Jan Milski (1897–1972) was a Polish actor, director, and artist manager. He was the son of Jan Hołyst and Catherine of Rychterów. He graduated from ballet school in Poznań, but his injury after the accident prevented him from p ...

as Professor * Zdzisław Mrożewski as Paweł's Father *

Irena Netto Irena Netto (19 October 1899 – 13 March 1992) was a Polish actress. She appeared in 34 films between 1947 and 1969. Selected filmography * '' Farewells'' (1958) * ''Samson Samson (; , '' he, Šīmšōn, label= none'', "man of the s ...

as Motel Owner *

Józef Pieracki Józef Pieracki (10 September 1909 - 5 August 1988) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1953 to 1986. Selected filmography References External links * 1909 births 1988 deaths Polish male film actors Rec ...

as Professor Michniewicz * Irena Starkówna Countess Róza * Helena Sokolowska as Aunt Waleria Siekierzynska *

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as Maryna * Jarema Stepowski as Waiter * Saturnin Zórawski as Butler Feliks

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* 1958 films Polish black-and-white films Films directed by Wojciech Has Films based on Polish novels 1950s Polish-language films 1958 drama films {{Poland-film-stub

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