Farewells
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Also known in English as Lydia Ate the Apple, Wojciech Has’ heartbreaking adaptation of Stanisław Dygat’s novel evokes the despair pervading Poland in the years before and after the Second World War.
Drama
Born into an aristocratic family that he despises, Paweł (Tadeusz Janczar) impulsively runs off with taxi dancer Lidka (Maria Wachowiak), a fiercely independent-minded woman who knows how to put him and any other man firmly in his place; their romance is unsurprisingly short-lived. Five years later, Paweł Lidka meet again in a completely different, war-ravaged Europe, albeit one where the old Polish aristocracy is still clinging to old traditions and Lidka has since married into it.
Has’s film fully captures the irony of Stanisław Dygat’s celebrated 1948 novel.
Details
Original language title
Pozegnania
Duration
1hr 37mins
Director
Wojciech Has
Featuring
Maria Wachowiak • Tadeusz Janczar • Gustaw Holoubek
Year
1958
Country of origin
Poland
Language
Polish with English subtitles
Strobe lighting
No
Content guidance
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