Dymsza, Adolf — (Adolf Bagiński, 1900 1975) Comic actor who serves as a symbol of prewar Polish comedy. At the beginning of his career, Dymsza appeared in a number of supporting roles, usually cast as a working class or streetwise character, a good natured… … Guide to cinema
List of films set in Warsaw — Since World War II Warsaw has been the second most important centre of film production in Poland. As the capital of Poland it has also been featured in countless films, both Polish and foreign. The following is a list of such films.Polish* Love… … Wikipedia
Mieczysława Ćwiklińska — Born Mieczysława Trapszo January 1, 1879 Lublin, Poland Died July 28, 1972 (aged 93) Warsaw, Poland … Wikipedia
Waszyński, Michał — (Michał Waks, 1904 1965) Prolific film director Waszyński, who made as many as thirty nine films from his 1929 debut Under the Banner of Love (Pod banderą miłości) to the 1939 film The Tramps (Włóczęgi), is responsible for some of the most… … Guide to cinema
Bogda, Maria — (Janina Kopaczek, 1909 1981) Popular prewar actress who appeared in seventeen films from 1929 to 1939, mostly playing the roles of beautiful, innocent, often religious characters. She served as the embodiment of stereotypical virtues of an… … Guide to cinema
Comedy — Polish cinema is not internationally known for comedies. The atmosphere of internationally known Polish films is usually serious, in keeping with the topics presented in these films: politics, social issues, and Polish history. However, Polish … Guide to cinema
Ćwiklińska, Mieczysława — (Mieczysława Trapszo, 1879 1972) Acclaimed actress and singer. Born in a family of actors, Ćwiklińska was associated with Warsaw theaters at the beginning of the twentieth century, specializing in comedy and farce. Between 1911 and 1922, after … Guide to cinema
Fertner, Antoni — (1874 1959) Popular actor before 1939. After appearing in 1908 in a short comedy, Antoś for the First Time in Warsaw (Antoś pierwszy raz w Warszawie, Joseph Meyer), Fertner became the first recognizable star of Polish cinema. On the screen he… … Guide to cinema
Tom, Konrad — (Konrad Runowiecki, 1887 1957) Popular prewar actor, film director, and scriptwriter, Tom was also a well known musical theater and cabaret singer associated with the Old Band (Stara Banda), Qui pro Quo, and other trendy Warsaw cabarets.… … Guide to cinema
Wars, Henryk — (Henryk Warszawski, 1902 1977) Born into a Jewish musical family, Wars graduated from the Music Conservatory in Warsaw in 1925. He established himself in the late 1920s as the author of widely popular Warsaw cabaret songs. In 1930 he composed… … Guide to cinema
