Farewells
Pożegnania
Release: 1958-10-13
·Runtime: 97m
·★ 5.5
Drama
Romance
The story takes place before World War II and centers on Pawel, a member of a conservative, middle-class family, and his love for Lidka, a taxi dancer. Social conventions and the lovers' inability to defy those forces Pawel and Lidka benefit. Times change, war breaks out, leading to Pawel sent to Auschwitz while Lidka marry his cousin. Their love has survived and conventions are no longer the issue.
Production Countries
Poland
Production Companies
Zespół Filmowy "Syrena"
Cast
Adam Pawlikowski
as German Officer (uncredited)
Wojciech Rajewski
as Guest of Countess Róża (uncredited)
Zdzisław Mrożewski
as Paweł's Father
Marian Beczkowski
as Pikolak (uncredited)
Bolesław Płotnicki
as Railway Worker (uncredited)
Jarema Stępowski
as Waiter
Seweryn Butrym
as German Officer (uncredited)
Bogumił Kobiela
as Count Tolo (uncredited)
Natalia Szymańska
as Woman renting a Room to Paweł (uncredited)
Lena Wilczyńska
as Celina (uncredited)
Tadeusz Janczar
as Paweł
Józef Pieracki
as Professor Michniewicz
Kazimierz Fabisiak
as Man at the Bar (uncredited)
Krystyna Sienkiewicz
as Prostitute with a Cigarette (uncredited)
Stanisław Milski
as Professor
Irena Netto
as Landlady
Hanna Skarżanka
as Maryna
Bronisław Pawlik
as Polish Soldier (uncredited)
Witold Skaruch
as Fiddler (uncredited)
Gustaw Holoubek
as Mirek
Włodzimierz Kwaskowski
as Grzebiński (uncredited)
Maria Wachowiak
as Lidka
Saturnin Żórawski
as Feliks
Stanisław Jaworski
as Doctor Janowski
Józef Kondrat
as Maestro (uncredited)
Jadwiga Kuryluk
as Guest of Countess Róża (uncredited)