The Warsaw Debut (1951)
1h 41m
Running Time
March 4, 1951Release Date
Plot.
Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko fights for the right to stage his opera "Halka".
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Cast & Crew.
Jan Koecher
Stanisław Moniuszko
Jerzy Duszyński
Włodzimierz Wolski
Barbara Kostrzewska
Paulina Rivoli
Nina Andrycz
Maria Kalergis
Danuta Szaflarska
Countess Krystyna
Janusz Warnecki
Professor
Jan Kurnakowicz
Prof. Jan Quatrini
Stanisław Żeleński
Józef Sikorski, music critic
Gustaw Buszyński
Theater Director Ignacy Abramowicz
Zdzisław Mrożewski
Count Alfred (as Z. Morzewski)
Tadeusz Cygler
Julian Dobrski
Wacław Domieniecki
Italian Tenor
Józef Karbowski
Secretary
Jan Ciecierski
Bishop
Kazimierz Opaliński
Theater Records-keeper
Ludwik Sempoliński
Klimowicz
Krystyna Karkowska
Magdalenka
Halina Billing-Wohl
Moniuszka (wife)
Wacław Ścibor-Rylski
Sacchetti
Aleksander Gąssowski
Jefimow
Henryk Modrzewski
Sennewald
Zenon Burzyński
Tunio
Ludwik Benoit
Sculptor
Zdzisław Szymański
Reporter
Mieczysław Pawlikowski
Musician
Tadeusz Pluciński
Painter
Ryszard Barycz
Poet
Emil Karewicz
Georg
Jan Zielinski
stage manager
Bronisław Darski
Porter (uncredited)
Jerzy Kaczmarek
(uncredited)
Maria Kaniewska
Moniuszko's Co-Passenger (uncredited)
Krystyna Królikiewicz
(uncredited)
Wiesława Kwaśniewska
(uncredited)
Józef Nowak
Student with Flowers (uncredited)
Janina Ordężanka
(uncredited)
Lech Ordon
Publisher (uncredited)
Bronisław Pawlik
Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Czesław Piaskowski
(uncredited)
Jerzy Pietraszkiewicz
(uncredited)
Olga Sawicka
(uncredited)
Teresa Szmigielówna
(uncredited)
Kazimierz Szubert
(uncredited)
Janusz Ściwiarski
(uncredited)
Tadeusz Teodorczyk
Reporter (uncredited)
Jan Lewiński
Sound Assistant
Walerian Bierdiajew
Conductor
Leon Wójcikowski
Choreographer
Tadeusz Karwański
Assistant Production Manager
Józef Starzyński
Sculptor
Wojciech Urbanowicz
Still Photographer
Henryk Waśkowski
Unit Manager
Hieronim Klimczak
Sound Assistant
Zygmunt Szyndler
Production Manager
Stanisław Różewicz
First Assistant Director / Writer
Rafał Kukulski
Assistant Director
Stefan Adamek
Unit Manager
Henryk Szlachet
Unit Manager
Wladyslaw Nagy
Assistant Camera
Tadeusz Zając
Lighting Technician
Tadeusz Jakuczyn
Assistant Camera
Jerzy Szeski
Costume Design / Assistant Director
Jan Dobracki
Makeup Artist
Irena Kosecka
Assistant Makeup Artist
Karol Chodura
Camera Operator
Józef Koprowicz
Sound
Jerzy Pękalski
Co-Editor
Zdzislaw Papierz
Assistant Makeup Artist
Roman Mann
Production Design
Marek Iwaszkiewicz
Set Decoration
Halina Wójtówna
Co-Editor
Mira Zimińska
Idea
Jerzy Waldorff
Writer
Kazimierz Sikorski
Music
Jan Rybkowski
Director / Writer
Andrzej Ancuta
Director of Photography
Brunon Jankowski
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 4, 1951
Original NameWarszawska premiera
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 41m
Genres
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Wiki.
Warsaw Premiere (Polish:Warszawska premiera) is a 1951 Polish historical film directed by Jan Rybkowski and starring Jan Koecher, Barbara Kostrzewska and Jerzy Duszyński. The film's art direction was by Roman Mann. The film portrays the life of the Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko, particularly focusing on the composition of his 1848 opera Halka. The film was the first Polish costume film made since the Second World War, and was stylistically similar to historical biopics in other Eastern Bloc countries such as Rimsky-Korsakov (1952).