''Nikodem Dyzma'' is a 1956
Polish
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political comedy film directed by
Jan Rybkowski
Jan Izydor Rybkowski (4 April 1912 – 29 December 1987) was a Polish film director. He directed 30 films between 1949 and 1984. His 1961 film ''Tonight a City Will Die'' was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival. Two yea ...
. It is based on the 1932
political novel
Political fiction employs narrative to comment on political events, systems and theories. Works of political fiction, such as political novels, often "directly criticize an existing society or present an alternative, even fantast ...
''
Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy'' by
Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz
Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (; 10 August 1898 – 20 September 1939) was a Polish writer, journalist and author of over a dozen popular novels. One of his best known works, which in Poland became a byword for fortuitous careerism, was ''The Career ...
.
Cast
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Adolf Dymsza
Adolf Dymsza (born Adolf Bagiński; 7 April 1900 – 20 August 1975) was a Polish comedy actor of both the pre-World War II and post-war eras. He starred in both theatre and film productions, mainly before World War II. He and Kazimierz Krukowski ...
as
Nikodem Dyzma
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Urszula Modrzyńska
Urszula Modrzyńska (; 23 February 1928 – 11 December 2010) was a Polish stage and film actress.
Modrzyńska began her career on stage in 1949 in Wilam Horzyca Theater in Toruń. In the 1950s and 1960 she played several memorable parts in movi ...
as Zula
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Kazimierz Fabisiak
Kazimierz Fabisiak (11 February 1903, Warsaw – 28 April 1971, Kraków) was a Polish actor, director, theatre, and theatre director.
Partial filmography
* ''Nikodem Dyzma'' (1956) - Leon Kunicki
* ''Czlowiek na torze'' (1957) - Konarski
* ''Zim ...
as Leon Kunicki
*
Ewa Krasnodębska as Nina Kunicka
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Lech Madaliński as colonel Wareda
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Andrzej Bogucki
Andrzej Bogucki (11 November 1904 – 29 July 1978) was a Polish television, stage and film actor, as well as operetta singer and songwriter, sometimes referred to as "The Polish Chevalier".
Bogucki and his wife Janina née Godlewska (8 March ...
as Władysław Jaszuński
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Edward Dziewoński
Edward Dziewoński (16 December 1916 in Moscow, Russian Empire – 17 August 2002 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish stage and film actor, and theatre director.
He studied acting at Państwowy Instytut Sztuki Teatralnej and debuted at the Sy ...
as Jan Ulanicki
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Halina Dobrowolska
Halina is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Halina Łukomska (born 1929), Polish soprano
* Halina Aszkiełowicz (born 1947), Polish former volleyball player and 1968 Olympic medallist
* Halina Balon (born 1948), Polish fencer ...
as Kasia Kunicka
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Leon Niemczyk
Leon Stanisław Niemczyk (15 December 1923 – 29 November 2006) was a Polish actor.
Niemczyk developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1960s, known for serious dramas, including historical dramas and war films. He appeared in over ...
*
Emil Karewicz
Emil Karewicz (13 March 1923 – 18 March 2020) was a Polish actor.
Early life
His acting career began in Wilno, at the local theatre, where he played the role of a monkey in the "Quartet" by Ivan Krylov. During World War II he served in the Po ...
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Lidia Wysocka
Lidia Wysocka (June 24, 1916 – January 2, 2006) was a Polish stage, film and voice actress, singer, cabaret performer and creative director, theatre director and costume designer, editorialist.
Filmography
In 1934 she dubbed Madeleine Carroll ...
as revue singer
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Jarema Stępowski
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Zygmunt Chmielewski
Zygmunt Chmielewski (16 May 1894 – 26 May 1978) was a Polish film actor. He appeared in 35 films between 1921 and 1960.
Selected filmography
* '' His Excellency, The Shop Assistant'' (1933)
* ''Czy Lucyna to dziewczyna ?'' (1934)
* '' Có ...
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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 ...
*
Lidia Korsakówna
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Teresa Lipowska
Teresa Lipowska (born 14 July 1937 in Warsaw) is a Polish actress. She is best known as Barbara Mostowiak in the very popular Polish soap opera ''M jak miłość''. Lipowska was married to actor Tomasz Zaliwski.
Biography
She is the eldest da ...
*
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
Gustaw Lutkiewicz (29 June 1924 – 24 February 2017) was a Polish actor and singer.
He was born to a Polish family in Kaunas.
He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta in 1970, the Officer's Cross in 1985 and the ...
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Polish comedy films
1950s Polish-language films
Films based on Polish novels
Films based on works by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz
1956 comedy films
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