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How to be Loved (Polish: Jak być kochaną), a Polish film released in 1963, directed by Wojciech Has. The film, based on a novel of the same name by Kazimierz Brandys, examines the emotional casualties of war, which is perhaps the central theme of the Polish Film School. On a deeper level, the film manages to construct a personal tragedy that results from a struggle of egoism and cowardice versus devotion and courage. On a plane bound for Paris, Felicja (Barbara Krafftówna), a successful radio actress, recalls the night in 1939 when she was to debut as Ophelia, with the man she loved, Wiktor (Zbigniew Cybulski), playing Hamlet. World War II intervenes, and Felicja takes a job as a waitress to avoid acting on a German stage, giving her lover sanctuary when he's accused of killing a collaborator. After the war, Wiktor can't get away fast enough, hot on the trail of fame and applause, and the woman who saved him is herself wrongly accused of collaboration. Years later, Wiktor and Felicja meet again, and the tables have turned. The film was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.
Original Release
01/11/1963
Cast
Name | Character |
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Barbara Krafftówna | Felicja |
Zbigniew Cybulski | Wiktor Rawicz |
Artur Mlodnicki | Tomasz |
Wienczyslaw Glinski | Bacteriologist / Bacteriologist in the plane |
Wieslaw Golas | German Soldier / German soldier raping Felicja |
Wieslawa Kwasniewska | Photoreporter on the plane |
Zdzislaw Maklakiewicz | Journalist Zenon on the plane |
Tadeusz Kalinowski | Actor Peters |
Alicja Bobrowska | Young woman at the airport in Vienna |
Boguslaw Danielewski | Man listening to Rawicz in a cafe |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Barbara Krafftówna | Felicja |
Zbigniew Cybulski | Wiktor Rawicz |
Artur Mlodnicki | Tomasz |
Wienczyslaw Glinski | Bacteriologist / Bacteriologist in the plane |
Wieslaw Golas | German Soldier / German soldier raping Felicja |
Wieslawa Kwasniewska | Photoreporter on the plane |
Zdzislaw Maklakiewicz | Journalist Zenon on the plane |
Tadeusz Kalinowski | Actor Peters |
Alicja Bobrowska | Young woman at the airport in Vienna |
Boguslaw Danielewski | Man listening to Rawicz in a cafe |
Nina Grudnik | Girl listening to Rawicz in a cafe |
Andrzej Hrydzewicz | German soldier searching Felicja's apartment |
Zofia Jamry | Waitress in the cafe |
Kalina Jedrusik | Girl listening to Rawicz in a cafe |
Miroslawa Krajewska | Nun Noela |
Jadwiga Krawczyk | Stewardes |
Krzysztof Litwin | Student in a cafe |
Alfred Lodzinski | Actor talking about Rawicz in a cafe / Actor Talking About Rawicz in a Cafe |
Wiktor Nanowski | Hans |
Irena Netto | Teacher's wife in cafe |