Farewells (1958)
Overview
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.
Cast
Maria Wachowiak
Lidka
Tadeusz Janczar
Paweł
Gustaw Holoubek
Mirek
Stanisław Jaworski
Doctor Janowski
Stanisław Milski
Professor
Zdzisław Mrożewski
Paweł's Father
Irena Netto
Landlady
Józef Pieracki
Professor Michniewicz
Hanna Skarżanka
Maryna
Jarema Stępowski
Waiter
Saturnin Żórawski
Feliks
Marian Beczkowski
Pikolak (uncredited)
Seweryn Butrym
German Officer (uncredited)
Kazimierz Fabisiak
Man at the Bar (uncredited)
Bogumił Kobiela
Count Tolo (uncredited)
Józef Kondrat
Maestro (uncredited)
Jadwiga Kuryluk
Guest of Countess Róża (uncredited)Recommendations
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