''Sprawa pilota Maresza'' is a
Polish
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film directed by
Leonard Buczkowski
Leonard Buczkowski (5 August 1900 – 19 February 1967) was a Polish film director and screenwriter. He directed 23 films between 1928 and 1966. His 1959 film ''The Eagle'' was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival.
Selec ...
released in
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
. Based on a novel by
Janusz Meissner
Janusz Meissner (pen name: "''porucznik'' Herbert," English: "Flt Lt Herbert"; 21 January 1901 in Warsaw – 28 February 1978 in Kraków) was a Polish writer and journalist, and a pilot of Polish Air Force.
Life
In late 1919 Meissner completed ...
, which was inspired by actual events. One of the first Polish
features
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filmed in
color
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.
Cast
*
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. ...
-
cpt. Piotr Maresz
*
Alicja Raciszówna - Krystyna Flisakówna
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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 ...
- Mary Godzicka
*
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 ...
- Surowiec
*
Jerzy Michotek - Jan Flisak,
co-pilot
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*
Bogdan Niewinowski - Józef Cygan
*
Jerzy Kaczmarek
Jerzy Kaczmarek (born 8 January 1948) is a Polish fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1 ...
- Włodzimierz Elmer
*
Kazimierz Wilamowski - Hornowski
Awards
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Złota Kaczka
Złota Kaczka (translation: Golden Duck) is a Polish award presented by the monthly '' Film'' since 1956.
Złota Kaczka for best movie
* 1956: '' Sprawa pilota Maresza''
* 1957: ''Kanał''
* 1958: '' Popiół i diament''
* 1959: '' Pociąg''
* ...
- best film of 1956
External links
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Polish drama films
Aviation films
Films set on airplanes
Films based on Polish novels
Polish action films
1950s action drama films
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