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Żołnierz Zwycięstwa
''Żołnierz zwycięstwa'' (''The Soldier of Victory'') is a 1953 Polish biographical two-part film (combined running time: 215 minutes), portraying the life of General Karol Świerczewski. The first part, ''Lata walki'' (The Years of Struggle) deals with his earlier years, from 1905 to 1941. The second one, ''Zwycięzca'' (The Victor) depicts his life from 1944 to his death in 1947.Żołnierz zwycięstwa' on Filmpolski. Cast * Józef Wyszomirski as General Karol Świerczewski * Karol Wargin as young Karol Świerczewski * Jacek Woszczerowicz as Włodzimierz Lenin * Kazimierz Wilamowski as Józef Stalin * Gustaw Holoubek as Feliks Dzierżyński *Józef Kozłowski as Bolesław Bierut *Rafał Kajetanowicz as Konstanty Rokossowski * Stefan Śródka as Stefan Pawłowski * Barbara Drapińska * Tadeusz Schmidt as Bronisław Bień * Kazimierz Meres as Władek Wróblewski * Jerzy Pietraszkiewicz as Mikołaj Gusiew * Stanisław Gabriel Żeleński as Juan Gonzales * Tadeusz Łomni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanda Jakubowska
Wanda Jakubowska (10 November 1907 – 25 February 1998) was a Polish film director. Although she directed as many as 15 films over 50 years, Jakubowska is best known for her work on the Holocaust. Her 1948 film '' The Last Stage'' was an early and influential depiction of concentration camps. It was filmed on location at Auschwitz, where Jakubowska had been interned. Jakubowska was an ardent Communist whose films were often heavily politicized. Early life Jakubowska was born on 10 November 1907 to parents Wacław and Zofia. Her father was an engineer who served in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I. The Jakubowska family relocated to Moscow during Wacław's army tenure. They returned to Poland in 1922 after Zofia's death in 1917. Jakubowska graduated from high school in 1928 and received a degree in Art History from the University of Warsaw in 1931. Following from childhood interest in cinema, Jakubowska founded a leftist cinema appreciation group whose members inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 Films
The year 1953 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1953 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *January 16 – A new Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. is incorporated following a Consent Judgment to divest their Stanley Warner Theaters. *February 5 – Walt Disney's production of J.M. Barrie's ''Peter Pan'', starring Bobby Driscoll and Kathryn Beaumont, premieres to astounding acclaim from critics and audiences and quickly becomes one of the most beloved Disney films. This is the last Disney animated movie released in partnership with RKO Pictures, becoming the last ever smash hit movie of the later company before it bankrupted in 1959. *February 25 – Jacques Tati's film '' Les Vacances de M. Hulot'' is released in France, introducing the ''gauche'' character of Monsieur Hulot. *July 1 – '' Stalag 17'', directed by Billy Wilder and starring William Holden, premieres and is considered by the cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Set In Moscow
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Black-and-white Films
Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwriters * Kevin Polish, an American Paralympian archer Polish may refer to: * Polishing, the process of creating a smooth and shiny surface by rubbing or chemical action ** French polishing, polishing wood to a high gloss finish * Nail polish * Shoe polish * Polish (screenwriting), improving a script in smaller ways than in a rewrite See also * * * Polishchuk (surname) * Polonaise (other) A polonaise ()) is a stately dance of Polish origin or a piece of music for this dance. Polonaise may also refer to: * Polonaises (Chopin), compositions by Frédéric Chopin ** Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 (, ''Heroic Polonaise''; ) * Polon ... {{Disambiguation, surname Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950s Biographical Films
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annex the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establishes his headquarters and the colonies th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Historical Films
Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwriters * Kevin Polish, an American Paralympian archer Polish may refer to: * Polishing, the process of creating a smooth and shiny surface by rubbing or chemical action ** French polishing, polishing wood to a high gloss finish * Nail polish * Shoe polish * Polish (screenwriting), improving a script in smaller ways than in a rewrite See also * * * Polishchuk (surname) * Polonaise (other) A polonaise ()) is a stately dance of Polish origin or a piece of music for this dance. Polonaise may also refer to: * Polonaises (Chopin), compositions by Frédéric Chopin ** Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 (, ''Heroic Polonaise''; ) * Polon ... {{Disambiguation, surname Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Rachwalska
Barbara Rachwalska (13 April 1922 – 23 December 1993) was a Polish stage actress, known also for a number of supporting roles in films and TV series. She cofounded the New Theatre in Łódź. Biography Barbara Rachwalska was born on 13 April 1922, in Warsaw. During World War II, she attended underground theatre classes at the Państwowy Instytut Sztuki Teatralnej. She made her theatrical debut in 1945, in Łódź, where she later cofounded the New Theatre. In 1949–1963 and 1977–1979, she worked at the New Theatre. In the decade between she acted at the National Theatre and the Ateneum Theatre in Warsaw. She also performed in about 50 TV theatre plays. After retiring in 1979, she occasionally performed in various Warsaw theaters. Rachwalska also played a number of supporting roles in films and TV series. Among the most popular TV characters portrayed by her was the role of Maria Talar in ''Dom'' and of Tekla Wagnerówna in '' Alternatywy 4''. In 1955 she was awarded the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerzy Borejsza
Jerzy Borejsza (; born Beniamin Goldberg; 14 July 1905 in Warsaw – 19 January 1952 in Warsaw) was a Polish communist activist and writer. During the Stalinist period of communist Poland, he was chief of a state press and publishing syndicate. Biography Borejsza was born as Beniamin Goldberg to a Polish Jewish family. As a youth, Borejsza sympathized with the Zionist radical left and anarchic political factions. He created the giant publishing house '' Czytelnik'' ('The Reader'). Borejsza favored a moderate approach to culture control, which he called a "gentle revolution". He supported establishing cultural relations with the West, and himself traveled to United States and the United Kingdom. In 1948, he was one of the main organizers of the World Congress of Intellectuals in Defense of Peace in Wrocław. He fell out of favor with the Stalinist hardliners who saw him as too independent, too hard to influence, and not radical enough. His political role diminished in the lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
