''How to be Loved'' ( pl, Jak być kochaną) is a
Polish film released in 1963, directed by
Wojciech Has.
The film, based on a
novel
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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
Polish Film School
Polish Film School ( pl, Polska Szkoła Filmowa) refers to an informal group of Polish film directors and screenplay writers active between 1956 and approximately 1963. Among the most prominent representatives of the school are Andrzej Wajda, And ...
. 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
Paris
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, Felicja (
Barbara Krafftówna), 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 u ...
, with the man she loved, Wiktor (
Zbigniew Cybulski), playing
Hamlet
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.
World War II
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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
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Barbara Krafftówna as Felicja
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Zbigniew Cybulski as Wiktor Rawicz
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Artur Młodnicki
Artur Młodnicki (28 August 1911 – 16 July 1972) was a Polish actor and theatre director. He performed in the theater in Wrocław from 1952 to 1972 and appeared in more than twenty films from 1947 to 1972.
Selected filmography
References
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as Tomasz
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Wieńczysław Gliński as bacteriologist
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Wiesław Gołas as German soldier
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Wiesława Kwaśniewska as photographer
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Zdzisław Maklakiewicz as journalist Zenon
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Tadeusz Kalinowski - Peters
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Mirosława Krajewska
Mirosława Krajewska (born 11 September 1940) is a Polish actress. She starred in the 1976 film '' Brunet wieczorową porą''.
External links
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Link to Filmus.Pl page on Miroslawa Krajewska listing several other films starring this actress.
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as flight attendant
See also
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Cinema of Poland
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List of Polish language films
References
External links
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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
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