''The Story of Sin'' ( pl, Dzieje grzechu) is a 1975 Polish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Walerian Borowczyk Walerian Borowczyk (21 October 1923 – 3 February 2006) was an internationally known Polish film director described by film critics as a 'genius who also happened to be a pornographer'. He directed 40 films between 1946 and 1988. Borowczyk sett ...

based on the novel ''Dzieje grzechu'' by

Stefan Żeromski Stefan Żeromski ( ; 14 October 1864 – 20 November 1925) was a Polish novelist and dramatist belonging to the Young Poland movement at the turn of the 20th century. He was called the "conscience of Polish literature". He also wrote under t ...

. It was entered into the 1975 Cannes Film Festival.

Cast

* Grażyna Długołęcka as Ewa Pobratynska *

Jerzy Zelnik Jerzy Zelnik (born 14 September 1945) is a Polish actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 1963. He was awarded the Badge of Merit in Culture (1997) and Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2007). Sel ...

as Lukasz Niepolomski *

Olgierd Łukaszewicz Olgierd Łukaszewicz (born 7 September 1946) is a Polish film actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films since his 1969 graduation from the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Kraków. Between 2002 and 2005, he was the President of ...

as Count Zygmunt Szczerbic *

Roman Wilhelmi Roman Zdzisław Wilhelmi (June 6, 1936 in Poznań – November 3, 1991 in Warsaw) was a Polish theatre and film actor, notable for his roles in two of the most popular Polish television series of the 1980s. In 1958, he graduated from the Natio ...

as Antoni Pochron *

Marek Walczewski Marek Walczewski (9 April 1937 – 26 May 2009) was a Polish actor. He appeared in 55 films and television shows between 1963 and 2004. Partial filmography * '' Passenger'' (1963) - Tadeusz, husband of Marta * ''Ruchome piaski'' (1969) - F ...

as Plaza-Splawski * Karolina Lubienska as Mrs. Pobratynska, Ewa's mother * Zdzisław Mrożewski as Mr. Pobratynski, Ewa's father * Mieczyslaw Voit as Count Cyprian Bodzanta * Marek Bargielowski as Adolf Horst *

Jolanta Szemberg Jolanta (or Jolantha) is a Czech, Lithuanian, Polish and Slovak form of the Greek name Iolanthe. It is derived from Greek words ιολη (iole) "violet" and ανθος (anthos) "flower". Similar names also derived from Iolanthe are Yolande, Jolan ...

as Aniela *

Zbigniew Zapasiewicz Zbigniew Jan Zapasiewicz (13 September 1934 – 14 July 2009) was one of the most prominent post-war Polish actors, as well as a theatre director and pedagogue. Biography Zbigniew Zapasiewicz was born on 13 September 1934 in Warsaw, Poland. D ...

as Priest Jutkiewicz *

Władysław Hańcza Władysław Hańcza (1905–1977) was a Polish actor and theatre director. During World War II he joined an underground theater. After the war he was a lecturer at the State Theatre Academy in Warsaw. Selected filmography * '' Popioły'' (1965) ...

as Dr. Wielgosinski *

Jadwiga Chojnacka Jadwiga Chojnacka (11 October 1905 – 23 December 1992) was a Polish film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1948 and 1989. Selected filmography * ''Five Boys from Barska Street'' (1954) * ''Tonight a City Will Die'' (196 ...

as Leoska, servant *

Bogusław Sochnacki Bogusław Sochnacki (14 October 1930 – 26 July 2004) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 100 films and television shows between 1950 and 2003. Selected filmography * ''Dwie brygady'' (1950) - Young Actor (uncredited) * ''Wolne m ...

Janusz Zakrzeński Janusz Zakrzeński (8 March 1936 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish film and theatrical actor. Zakrzeński was born in Przededworze. He graduated from high school III LO in Wrocław, Poland, in 1953. He was an actor in the Juliusz Słowacki Theatr ...

as Editor of 'Tygodnik Naukowy'

References

External links

* 1975 films 1970s Polish-language films 1975 drama films Films based on Polish novels Films based on works by Stefan Żeromski Films directed by Walerian Borowczyk Polish drama films {{Poland-film-stub