''Before Twilight'' () is a 2008 Polish

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film directed by

Jacek Bławut Jacek () is a Polish given name of Greek origin related to Hyacinth, through the archaic form of ''Jacenty''. Its closely related equivalents are: Jacinto (Spanish and Portuguese), Giacinto (Italian), Jácint ( Hungarian) and Jacint ( Catalan, ...

. The film is about a group of old retired theatre actors in a retirement home for actors who aim to regroup and stage

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's ''

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''. The film stars a number of esteemed veteran Polish actors including

Irena Kwiatkowska Irena Kwiatkowska (17 September 19123 March 2011) was a popular Polish actress, known in Poland for her many cabaret roles and monologues, as well as appearances in (mostly comedy) movies and television shows. Life Kwiatkowska graduated from th ...

and

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

, who plays

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. The film, produced in 2008, was featured at the 2008 Polish Feature Film Festival where it won a

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award for director Jacek Bławut and picked up several other awards. It was later released theatrically in Poland on 15 May 2009. The

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were invited to perform part of the soundtrack.

Cast

Nina Andrycz Nina Andrycz (11 November 1912 – 31 January 2014) was a Polish actress and the wife of Józef Cyrankiewicz. She studied law at the Wilno University. She was one of the first noted customers of the photographer Zofia Nasierowska. Andrycz t ...

as herself * Maria Białkowska as Zosia *

Sonia Bohosiewicz Sonia Bohosiewicz (born 9 December 1975) is a Polish actress, cabaret artist and singer. She has appeared in such films as '' Rezerwat'', ''Obława'' and '' Polish-Russian War'' and the television series ''Czas honoru''. Early life She was bo ...

as Malgorzata * Stefan Burczyk as Sodolski *

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. ...

as himself * Witold Gruca as himself * Lech Gwit as Henryk * Robert Jurczyga as Czarek * Fabian Kiebicz as Fred *

as Nostradamus * Ewa Krasnodębska as Marilyn *

as herself * Bożena Mrowińska as Renata *

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 Jerzy * Kazimierz Orzechowski as himself * Antoni Pawlicki as Student *

Zofia Perczyńska Zofia is a Slavic given name of Old Greek origin, meaning wisdom. It is a variant of Sofia. Famous people with the name Zofia: *Anna Zofia Sapieha (1799–1864) *Maria Zofia Sieniawska *Zofia Albinowska-Minkiewiczowa (1886–1971) *Zofia Baltarowic ...

as Matylda * Marek Sitarski as Gardener Stefan *

Witold Skaruch Witold Skaruch (11 January 1930 – 17 February 2010) was a Polish character actor and director. He appeared in films, television shows and miniseries from 1953 until 2009. Skaruch, who was born in Ciechanów, Poland, began his professional actin ...

as John *

Anna Grażyna Suchocka Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna of East Anglia, King (died c.654) * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th ce ...

Danuta Szaflarska Danuta Szaflarska (; 6 February 1915 – 19 February 2017) was a Polish film and stage actress. In 2008 she was awarded the Złota Kaczka for the best Polish actress of the century. Szaflarska participated in the Warsaw Uprising as a liaison. Sz ...

as Barbara *

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 Teresa *

Beata Tyszkiewicz Beata Maria Helena Tyszkiewicz (born 14 August 1938) is a retired Polish people, Polish actress and TV personality. Career Beata Tyszkiewicz has worked mostly on the big screen but acted in several French TV movies, becoming famous through her ...

as Róza * Zofia Wilczyńska as Dorota *

Bohdan Wróblewski Bohdan Wróblewski (born 8 June 1931 – 31 May 2017) was a Polish graphic designer. In 1957, he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw where he studied under the great Polish illustrator Jan Marcin Szancer. He deals with functional grap ...

as Tyka The idea was to gather an all-star cast of veteran actors, including those who starred in movies or stage plays as early as before

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. Unfortunately the movie suffered from such a long pre-production phase that many of the actors already cast had passed before the shooting started, with such notable names as

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 ...

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 ...

, Lidia Wysocka, Irena Malkiewicz, Zdzisław Mrożewski. This led to major changes in the script.

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* * 2008 films 2000s Polish-language films Polish comedy films 2008 comedy films Films about actors Films about theatre Cultural depictions of Nostradamus Films set in Poland Films set in Masovian Voivodeship {{Poland-film-stub

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