Argument About Basia is a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 novel by Kornel Makuszyński

Kornel Makuszynski

Kornel Makuszyński was a Polish writer of children's and youth literature.-Life:Makuszyński attended the Jan Długosz gymnasium in Lviv . While in school he wrote occasional poetry , and had his first poem published in 1902 in the newspaper Słowo Polskie , for which he soon became a theatrical critic...

. It was filmed twice - in 1959 and 1995 (this time, also with a mini-series released in 1997).

The book tells the story of a little girl, Basia, sent by train alone after her mother's death. When a piece of paper with an address of Basia's family is destroyed, Basia is taken by an actor who managed to read the address and takes the girl there. But he turns out to be wrong ...

1959 version

Black-and-white movie directed by Maria Kaniewska

Maria Kaniewska

Maria Kaniewska was a Polish actress, screenplay writer, movie director.She debuted on October 14, 1933 in the Toruń City Theater after graduating from the Acting Department of State Institute of Theatrical Arts in Warsaw. In 1948 Kaniewska finished her study at the National Film School in Łódź as...

 starred :

Małgorzata Piekarska

Malgorzata Piekarska

Małgorzata Piekarska called : Małgosia, was born in 1954 in Poland. She was cast in four movies during the late 50s' and early 60s', among which her most popular role is the one in "Awantura o Basię" movie from 1959. At those times, Piekarska did couple of "kind-of social commercials"...

 as Basia

Jerzy Duszyński

Jerzy Duszyński

Jerzy Duszyński was one of the most popular actors in a post-war Poland. He starred in a number of film productions as well as theatrical plays.-Biography:...

 as Mr Olszowski

Ewa Krasnodębska as Miss Olszańska

Roman Niewiarowicz as Walicki

Mieczysław Gajda as Szot

and others

1995 version

Starring :

Agata Marciniak as little Basia

Paulina Tworzyańska as teenage Basia

Piotr Fronczewski

Piotr Fronczewski

Piotr Fronczewski , is a Polish actor and singer.As a fictional character Franek Kimono he issued a disco LP in 1983 which was meant to be a musical joke but turned out to be a great success. Fronczewski started his acting career playing in the theater. He also performed in cabarets...

 as Mr Olszowski

Maria Gładkowska as Miss Olszańska

Andrzej Szczepkowski as Walicki

Jan Jankowski as Szot

and others