''Halka'' is a 1937

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directed by Juliusz Gardan and starring Liliana Zielinska,

Witold Zacharewicz Witold Zacharewicz (26 August 1914 – 16 February 1943) was a Polish film actor of the 1930s. During the German occupation of Poland he was arrested and murdered at Auschwitz. Life In 1938 Witold Zacharewicz got an offer to sign a deal with the ...

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 Stanisław Moniuszko (; May 5, 1819 – June 4, 1872) was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher. He wrote many popular art songs and operas, and his music is filled with patriotic folk themes of the peoples of the former Polish–Lithuania ...

with a

libretto A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the t ...

Włodzimierz Wolski Włodzimierz Wolski (9 October 1824, Pultusk – 29 July 1882, Brussels) was a Polish poet, novelist, translator, and librettist. He is best known as the author of the libretto to Stanisław Moniuszko's opera ''Halka''. He grew up in Warsaw and p ...

. 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

* Liliana Zielinska - Halka *

- Janusz * Wladyslaw Ladis-Kiepura - Jontek *

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- Zofia *

Jerzy Leszczyński Jerzy Leszczyński (1884–1959) was a Polish stage and film actor.Haltof p.232 Both his parents, and , were noted stage actors of the nineteenth century. He was married to the actresses and Anna Belina (1884-1974). Selected filmography * ''P ...

- Stolnik *

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 * Leokadia Pancewicz-Leszczynska - Janusz's Mother * Boleslaw Bolko - Szlachcic *

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

* 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 {{musical-film-stub