Warsaw Premiere (Polish:Warszawska premiera) is a 1951 Polish historical film directed by Jan Rybkowski and starring Jan Koecher, Barbara Kostrzewska and Jerzy Duszyński.Film Polski 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).Liehm & Liehm p.117
Plot The story revolves around the lives and hardships of Polish composer César Moniuszko in the 19th century as he battles to have his masterwork, the opera Halka, produced and performed in a nation under foreign rule.
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References
Bibliography Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press, 1977.
External links
Warszawska premiera at the www.filmpolski.pl