Farewells
Encyclopedia
Farewells is the English title for Pożegnania, a film
released in 1958, directed by Wojciech Has
.
The film is an adaptation of a highly lyrical and reflective novel
by Stanislaw Dygat
, with a screenplay written by Dygat and Has. Taking place in Poland during the late 1930s and early 40s, this melancholy film evokes the insecurity and despair pervading Poland at the time. 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.
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
released in 1958, directed by Wojciech Has
Wojciech Has
Wojciech Jerzy Has was a Polish film director, screenwriter and film producer.-Early Life & Studies:...
.
The film is an adaptation of a highly lyrical and reflective novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by Stanislaw Dygat
Stanislaw Dygat
Stanisław Dygat was a Polish writer. His most famous novel, "Jezioro Bodeńskie" , was written during the World War II and published in 1946. All of his works are partly autobiographical Stanisław Dygat (1914-1978) was a Polish writer. His most famous novel, "Jezioro Bodeńskie" ("Lake Constance"),...
, with a screenplay written by Dygat and Has. Taking place in Poland during the late 1930s and early 40s, this melancholy film evokes the insecurity and despair pervading Poland at the time. The story begins immediately before World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and centers on Pawel (Tadeusz Janczar
Tadeusz Janczar
Tadeusz Janczar was a Polish film actor. He appeared in 26 films between 1952 and 1983.-Selected filmography:* Landscape After the Battle * Bad Luck * Farewells * Kanał * A Generation...
), 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.