''Lawa. Opowieść o 'Dziadach' Adama Mickiewicza () is a 1989 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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Tadeusz Konwicki Tadeusz Konwicki (22 June 1926 – 7 January 2015) was a Polish writer and film director, as well as a member of the Polish Language Council. Life Konwicki was born in 1926 as the only son of Jadwiga Kieżun and Michał Konwicki in Naujoji Vil ...

. It was entered into the

16th Moscow International Film Festival The 16th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 18 July 1989. The Golden St. George was awarded to the Italian film '' The Icicle Thief'' directed by Maurizio Nichetti. Jury * Andrzej Wajda (Poland – President of the Jury) * G ...

Cast

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 Pol ...

as Hermit / Ghost / Gustaw-Konrad / Poet * Jolanta Piętek-Górecka as Maryla / Girl / Virgin / Angel / Woman * Artur Zmijewski as Gustaw-Konrad *

Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska (born 17 September 1942) is a Polish stage and film actress. She has appeared in more than forty films since 1972. She has performed at the Bagatela Theatre in Kraków, Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Kraków, Nationa ...

as Mrs. Rollison *

Maja Komorowska Maja Komorowska-Tyszkiewicz (born 23 December 1937) is a Polish film actress. She has appeared in over 35 films since 1970. Selected filmography * ''Family Life'' (1971) * ''A Woman's Decision'' (1975) * ''Budapest Tales'' (1976) * ''Spiral'' ...

as Sorcerer *

Grażyna Szapołowska Grażyna Szapołowska (; born 19 September 1953) is a Polish film and theatre actress. Life and career She was born in Bydgoszcz. The father was of Latvian-Polish descent, and mother, Wanda, was Lithuanian-Polish descent. She has a sister, Lidia, ...

as Guardian Angel *

Henryk Bista Henryk Bista (12 March 1934 – 8 October 1997) was a Polish actor. He appeared in over 110 films between 1961 and 1997. He starred in the 1977 film ''Death of a President (1977 film), Death of a President'', which was entered into the 28th Berl ...

as Senator *

Piotr Fronczewski Piotr Fronczewski (born 8 June 1946) is a Polish actor and a cabaret and theatre singer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most popular actors of his generation. Life and career He was born in Łódź to a Polish mother, Bogna Duszyńsk ...

as Sobolewski *

Tadeusz Łomnicki Tadeusz Łomnicki (; 18 July 1927 – 22 February 1992) was a Polish actor, one of the most notable stage and film artists of his time in Poland. He is remembered mostly for his roles in comedies and dramas, as well as for the role of Kordian in ...

as Priest / Writer *

Janusz Michałowski Janusz is a masculine Polish given name. It is also the shortened form of January and Januarius. People * Janusz Akermann (born 1957), Polish painter * Janusz Bardach, Polish gulag survivor and physician * Janusz Bielański, Roman Catholic pri ...

as Father Piotr *

Jan Nowicki Jan Nowicki (5 November 1939 – 7 December 2022) was a Polish actor. Biography He appeared in 90 films and television episodes since 1967. He had two children, Sajana Nowicka and Łukasz Nowicki, a television presenter, journalist, and actor ...

as Ghost / Belzebub * Arunas Smailys as Adolf (as Arunas Smajlis) * Marzena Manteska as Maid / Angel *

Monika Jóźwik Monika may refer to: People and fictional characters * Monika, main antagonist of Doki Doki Literature Club! * Monika (given name) * Mounika, an Indian film actress Films * ''Monika'' (1938 film), a German drama * ''Monika'' (1974 film), an It ...

as Maid (as Monika Orłoś)

References

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* 1989 films 1989 drama films 1980s Polish-language films Films based on works by Adam Mickiewicz Polish drama films Films set in Warsaw Films set in Lithuania Films based on poems Films directed by Tadeusz Konwicki {{Poland-film-stub