The Real End of the Great War (1957)
Róża marries a promising young architect, Juliusz. Then World War II breaks out and within weeks Juliusz is deported to a concentration camp. Months, and then years go by, until Róża abandons any hope that her husband might return. She meets and falls in love with another man, and tries to put her life back together, but one day, unexpectedly, Juliusz does return - a shattered, mere ghost of his former self, physically crippled and tormented by memories of the camps. First out of duty, then out of pity, Róża starts to care for him, but her feelings slowly are transformed into a kind of revulsion
Director:
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Writers:
Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Jerzy Zawieyski.
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Lucyna Winnicka as Róża Zborska |
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Janina Sokołowska as Józia |
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Roland Głowacki as Juliusz |
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Andrzej Szalawski as Professor Stęgień |
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Olga Bielska as Irena |
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Helena Dąbrowska as Flower Seller |
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Janina Jabłonowska as Psychiatrist's Wife |
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Edward Gliński as Szymek |
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Kazimierz Dębowski as Psychiatrist Ludwik |
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Zdzisław Leśniak as Man leading a Wedding Procession |
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Gustaw Lutkiewicz as Henryk Thiel |
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Maciej Maciejewski as Foreman |
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Tadeusz Minc as Wacław |
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Mariusz Gorczyński as Party Guest (uncredited) |
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Eugeniusz Kamiński as SS Soldier (uncredited) |
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Andrzej Kopiczyński as (uncredited) |
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Czesław Piaskowski as Gestapo Officer (uncredited) |
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Leonard Pietraszak as Party Guest (uncredited) |
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Maria Wachowiak as Party Guest (uncredited) |
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Hanna Stankówna as Girl on the Street (uncredited) |
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Ryszard Ronczewski as Camp Prisoner (uncredited) |
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Lech Wojciechowski as (uncredited) |
| Art | Roman Mann | Production Design |
| Writing | Jerzy Zawieyski | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lidia Rzeszewska | Costume Design |
| Directing | Maria Starzeńska | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Józef Bartczak | Sound |
| Production | Zygmunt Wójcik | Assistant Production Manager |
| Directing | Zofia Suchecka | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Halina Sieńska | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Konrad Bryzek | Conductor |
| Editing | Zenon Piórecki | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Roman Wołyniec | Assistant Production Design |
| Lighting | Tadeusz Zając | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Jerzy Bolesławski | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Hieronim Klimczak | Sound Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Halina Ber | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Janusz Morgenstern | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Franciszek Trzaskowski | Construction Foreman |
| Camera | Czesław Grabowski | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Zbigniew Brejtkopf | Assistant Production Manager |
| Writing | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jerzy Zawieyski | Screenplay |
| Camera | Andrzej Gronau | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Jerzy Wójcik | Camera Operator |
| Art | Bohdan Slowik | Set Decoration |
| Production | Ludwik Hager | Production Manager |
| Editing | Wiesława Otocka | Editor |
| Art | Czeslawa Wróblewska | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Director |
| Camera | Jerzy Lipman | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Adam Walaciński | Original Music Composer |
