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Under the Phrygian Star (1954)

Original title: Pod gwiazda frygijska

1954-10-30 · PL
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With the second part of his Cellulose Diptych, award-winning director Jerzy Kawalerowicz returns to protagonist Szczesny, now a full-fledged, middle-aged communist militant in pre-war Poland. Based on the writings of Igor Newerly, Kawalerowicz's epic chronicles the romance between Szczesny and the charismatic Madzia, as the ill-fated pair fall in love amid the social and political upheaval of their homeland.

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Józef NowakJózef NowakSzczęsny "Bida"Lucyna WinnickaLucyna WinnickaMagdaHalina PrzybylskaHalina PrzybylskaWeronka, sister of SzczęsnyStanisław JasiukiewiczStanisław JasiukiewiczBolesław Gąbiński, a worker in "Cellulose", a police reporterZbigniew JózefowiczZbigniew JózefowiczJan GawlikowskiJerzy SzpunarJerzy SzpunarStanisław RychlikStanisław MilskiStanisław MilskiSzczesny's FatherZofia PerczyńskaZofia PerczyńskaKachnaBolesław PłotnickiBolesław PłotnickiOlejniczakBronisław PawlikBronisław PawlikLeonJanusz JarońJanusz JarońChrobotekTadeusz KondratTadeusz KondratLubart

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With the second part of his Cellulose Diptych, award-winning director Jerzy Kawalerowicz returns to protagonist Szczesny, now a full-fledged, middle-aged communist militant in pre-war Poland. Based on the writings of Igor Newerly, Kawalerowicz's epic chronicles the romance between Szczesny and the charismatic Madzia, as the ill-fated pair fall in love amid the social and political upheaval of their homeland.