Farewells
Sign in to saveFarewells (also titled Lydia Ate the Apple and Partings in the United States; original Polish title: Pożegnania) is a Polish film released in 1958 and directed by Wojciech Has. Taking place in Poland during the late 1930s and early 1940s, this melancholy film evokes the insecurity and despair pervading Poland at the time.
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5.6The 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.
Released: 1958-10-1397 minDir: Wojciech HasDrama, Romance
Cast
- Maria Wachowiak as Lidka
- Tadeusz Janczar as Paweł
- Gustaw Holoubek as Mirek
- Stanisław Jaworski as Doctor Janowski
- Stanisław Milski as Professor
- Zdzisław Mrożewski as Paweł's Father
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1958
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Poland
- Original language
- Polish
- Director
- Wojciech Jerzy Has
- Screenwriter
- Wojciech Jerzy Has
- Cast member
- Witold Skaruch
- Duration
- +97
- FilmAffinity ID
- 201774
Show 1 more fact
- P462
Article
6 sectionsContents
- Premise
- Cast
- Production
- See also
- References
- External links
Farewells (also titled Lydia Ate the Apple and Partings in the United States; original Polish title: Pożegnania) is a Polish film released in 1958 and directed by Wojciech Has. Taking place in Poland during the late 1930s and early 1940s, this melancholy film evokes the insecurity and despair pervading Poland at the time.
== Premise == The story begins immediately before World War II and centers on Pawel (Tadeusz Janczar), a member of a conservative, bourgeois family, and his love for the thoroughly jaded Lidka (Maria Wachowiak), a dancer. The mismatched pair finds momentary happiness during a trip to the countryside, however social conventions and the lovers' inability to defy them force Pawel and Lidka to part. The times change, war breaks out and ends; Pawel suffers at Auschwitz concentration camp and Lidka marries his cousin. Years later the two rediscover each other much changed, and find that they may still have the capacity for love.