''Kwiecień'' is a 1960 Polish war
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
Witold Lesiewicz
Witold Lesiewicz (9 September 1922 – 23 March 2012) was a Polish film director and screenwriter
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, kn ...
.
Synopsis
The film takes place in the first months of 1945. A
unit
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of the Polish army prepares to cross the
Lusatian Neisse
The Lusatian Neisse (; ; ; Upper Sorbian: ''Łužiska Nysa''; Lower Sorbian: ''Łužyska Nysa''), or Western Neisse, is a river in northern Central Europe. river. The commander of the unit hits a subordinate during an argument. The latter files a report about the incident to the division prosecutor.
Cast
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Henryk Bąk as Colonel Czapran
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Maria Ciesielska as Corporal Ruszkowska
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Leszek Herdegen as Ensign Szumibor
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Jan Kobuszewski as Pawel
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Tadeusz Kondrat as Klukwa
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August Kowalczyk as Division prosecutor
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Krzysztof Kowalewski as Sulikowski
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Jerzy Nowak as Mail carrier
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Piotr Pawłowski as Prosecutor Hyrny
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Franciszek Pieczka
Franciszek Maksymilian Pieczka (18 January 1928 – 23 September 2022) was a Polish actor. A graduate of the National Higher School of Theatre in Warsaw (1954), he first made his debut in the theatre in Jelenia Góra. He won the award for Best ...
as Private Anklewicz
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Bolesław Płotnicki
Bolesław Płotnicki (17 June 1913 – 7 September 1988) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1953 and 1983.
Selected filmography
* ''Shadow
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as Kozlowski
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Witold Pyrkosz as Lieutenant Galicki
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Jerzy Turek as Jasiek
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Stanislaw Tym as soldier
References
External links
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1960 films
1960 drama films
Polish drama films
Polish black-and-white films
1960s Polish-language films
Films directed by Witold Lesiewicz
Films scored by Tadeusz Baird
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