''How to be Loved'' ( pl, Jak być kochaną) is a

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released in 1963, 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, based on a

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of the same name by

Kazimierz Brandys Kazimierz Brandys (27 October 1916 – 11 March 2000) was a Polish essayist and writer of film scripts. Biography Brandys was born in Łódź. He was the brother of the writer Marian Brandys and husband of the translator . He graduated in law f ...

, examines the emotional casualties of war, which is perhaps the central theme of the

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. On a deeper level, the film manages to construct a personal tragedy that results from a struggle of egoism and cowardice versus devotion and courage. On a plane bound for

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, Felicja (

Barbara Krafftówna Barbara Krafftówna (a.k.a. Barbara Krafft-Seidner; 5 December 1928 – 23 January 2022) was a Polish film actress. She appeared in more than 40 films and television shows between 1946 and 2022. She died in Skolimów on 23 January 2022, at the ...

), a successful radio actress, recalls the night in 1939 when she was to debut as

Ophelia Ophelia () is a character in William Shakespeare's drama ''Hamlet'' (1599–1601). She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes and potential wife of Prince Hamlet, who, due to Hamlet's actions, ends up in ...

, with the man she loved, Wiktor (

Zbigniew Cybulski Zbigniew Hubert Cybulski (; 3 November 1927 – 8 January 1967) was a Polish actor, one of the best-known and most popular personalities of the post-World War II history of Poland. Life Zbigniew Cybulski was born 3 November 1927 in a small v ...

), playing

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intervenes, and Felicja takes a job as a waitress to avoid acting on a German stage, giving her lover sanctuary when he's accused of killing a collaborator. After the war, Wiktor can't get away fast enough, hot on the trail of fame and applause, and the woman who saved him is herself wrongly accused of collaboration. Years later, Wiktor and Felicja meet again, and the tables have turned. The film was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.

Cast

as Felicja *

as Wiktor Rawicz * Artur Młodnicki as Tomasz *

Wieńczysław Gliński Wieńczysław Gliński (10 May 1921 – 8 July 2008) was a Polish stage and film actor. He was a member of the Polish resistance movement Home Army during World War II. He was also a prisoner in the Nazi German concentration camp Majdanek. ...

as bacteriologist *

Wiesław Gołas Wiesław Ryszard Gołas (Polish: vʲε.swav 'gɔ.was 9 October 1930 – 9 September 2021) was a Polish actor and Armia Krajowa soldier. He was cast in the role of Tomasz Czereśniak in ''Czterej pancerni i pies'' (Polish: ''Four tank men a ...

as German soldier *

Wiesława Kwaśniewska Wiesława Kwaśniewska (born 16 June 1933) is a Polish actress. She appeared in more than twenty films and television shows between 1951 and 1984. Selected filmography * ''How to Be Loved'' (1963) * ''Panienka z okienka ''Panienka z okienka' ...

as photographer *

Zdzisław Maklakiewicz Zdzisław Maklakiewicz (9 July 1927 in Warsaw – 9 October 1977) was a Polish actor. He was the nephew of composers Jan and Tadeusz Maklakiewicz. Biography During World War II, Maklakiewicz served in the Home Army. He took part in the Warsa ...

as journalist Zenon *

Tadeusz Kalinowski Tadeusz Kalinowski (1 June 1915 – 22 August 1969) was a Polish actor. He appeared in thirty films and television shows between 1954 and 1979. Selected filmography * '' How to Be Loved'' (1963) * '' Pięciu'' (1964) * '' Czterej Pancerni i ...

- Peters *

Mirosława Krajewska Mirosława Krajewska (born 11 September 1940) is a Polish actress. She starred in the 1976 film ''Brunet wieczorową porą ''Brunet wieczorową porą'' () is a 1976 Polish comedy film directed by Stanisław Bareja. Synopsis A Gypsy woman app ...

as flight attendant

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* 1963 films Polish war films Films directed by Wojciech Has 1960s Polish-language films Polish World War II films Polish black-and-white films 1963 war films {{Poland-film-stub

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