''The Noose'' ( pl, Pętla) is a Polish film released in 1958, directed by

Wojciech Jerzy 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 ...

, and starring

Gustaw Holoubek Gustaw Teofil Holoubek (21 April 1923 – 6 March 2008) was a Polish actor, director, member of the Polish Sejm, and a senator. Holoubek participated in the September Campaign and was a prisoner of war during the Nazi German Occupation of P ...

. The film is an adaptation of a short story by

Marek Hłasko Marek Hłasko (14 January 1934 – 14 June 1969) was a Polish author and screenwriter. Life Hłasko's biography is highly mythologized, and many of the legends about his life he spread himself. Marek was born in Warsaw, as the only son of ...

, and follows a day in the life of an alcoholic.

Plot

Kuba Kowalski (Gustaw Holoubek) is an alcoholic who spends most of his day in his room with a bottle of vodka for company and a noose dangling from the ceiling. His ruminations are periodically interrupted by his girlfriend Krystyna (Aleksandra Slaska) banging on the door.

Cast

as Kuba Kowalski *

Aleksandra Śląska Aleksandra Śląska (4 November 1925 – 18 September 1989) was a Polish film actress. She appeared in 18 films between 1948 and 1983. Born in Katowice, Upper Silesia, she left for Warsaw after World War II. She was buried in the Powązki ...

as Krystyna *

Teresa Szmigielówna Teresa Szmigielówna (9 October 1929 – 24 September 2013) was a Polish actress. She appeared in more than sixty films from 1951 to 2012. Filmography References External links * 1929 births 2013 deaths Polish film actresses ...

as Kuba's old love *

Tadeusz Fijewski Tadeusz Fijewski (14 July 1911 – 12 November 1978) was a Polish stage and film actor.Tadeusz Fijewski
at ...

as Władek *

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 ...

as Rybicki * Władysław Dewoyno as Electrician Władek *

Tadeusz Gwiazdowski Tadeusz Gwiazdowski (1 September 1918 – 12 December 1983) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 30 films and television shows between 1957 and 1981. Selected filmography * ''Kanał ''Kanał'' (, ''Sewer'') is a 1957 Polish film ...

as Supt. Zenek * Juliusz Grabowski as Waiter * Marian Jastrzębski as Tailor *

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 ...

as Waiter Gienek *

Roman Kłosowski Roman Kłosowski (14 February 1929 – 11 June 2018) was a Polish character actor and stage director. Biography He was born on February 14, 1929, in Biała Podlaska. Graduate of the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art's Facu ...

as Electrician Janek * Ignacy Machowski as Sergeant *

Helena Makowska-Fijewska Helena may refer to: People *Helena (given name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Katri Helena (born 1945), Finnish singer *Helena, mother of Constantine I Places Greece * Helena (island) Guyana * ...

as Barmaid * Igor Przegrodzki as Kuba's friend * Zygmunt Zintel as Harmonist Poldei

Release

Released on 20 January 1958, the film is Has's debut feature film and regarded as one of the most interesting film adaptations of Marek Hłasko's work and actor Gustaw Holoubek's first great work. The film's cynical vision ensured that communist authorities in Poland did not give it permission to be shown abroad.Byron, Guillaume (2009-01-29
Wojciech J. Has - "The Noose"
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References

External links

* 1958 films Polish drama films 1950s Polish-language films Films directed by Wojciech Has Films based on short fiction 1958 drama films {{Poland-film-stub

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