''Halka'' is a 1937
Polish
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* 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 ...
musical film directed by
Juliusz Gardan
Juliusz Gardan (1901–1944) was a Polish screenwriter and film director.
Selected filmography
Director
* ''Policmajster Tagiejew'' (1929)
* ''Life Sentence (film), Life Sentence'' (1933)
* ''Tredowata'' (1936)
* ''Halka (film), Halka'' (1937)
* ' ...
and starring
Liliana Zielinska,
Witold Zacharewicz and
Wladyslaw Ladis-Kiepura. It is an adaptation of the 1848 opera ''
Halka
''Halka'' is an opera by Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko to a libretto written by Włodzimierz Wolski, a young Warsaw poet with radical social views. It is part of the canon of Polish national operas.
Performance history
The first perf ...
'' composed by
Stanisław Moniuszko with a
libretto by
Włodzimierz Wolski. It was shot at the
Falanga Studios 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 ...
.
Main cast
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Liliana Zielinska - Halka
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Witold Zacharewicz - Janusz
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Wladyslaw Ladis-Kiepura - Jontek
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Janina Wilczówna - Zofia
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Jerzy Leszczyński - Stolnik
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Stanisław Grolicki
Stanisław Grolicki (1892–1947) was a Polish film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Prokurator Alicja Horn'' (1933)
* '' Bohaterowie Sybiru'' (1936)
* '' Daddy Gets Married'' (1936)
* '' Znachor'' (1937)
* '' Halka'' (1937)
* '' Florian'' (1938 ...
- Damazy
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Leokadia Pancewicz-Leszczynska - Janusz's Mother
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Boleslaw Bolko - Szlachcic
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Ludwik Fritsche
Ludwik Fritsche (17 August 1872 – 4 September 1940) was a Polish film actor. He appeared in more than 25 films between 1922 and 1940.
Selected filmography
* ''The Unspeakable'' (1924)
* ''Pan Tadeusz (1928 film), Pan Tadeusz'' (1928)
* '' ...
- Maciej, a servant
Bibliography
* Skaff, Sheila. ''The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939''. Ohio University Press, 2008.
External links
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1937 films
1937 musical films
Polish musical films
1930s Polish-language films
Films directed by Juliusz Gardan
Films based on operas
Polish black-and-white films
Films set in the 18th century
Films set in Kraków
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