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 |
| Camera | Jerzy Wójcik | Camera Operator |
| Production | Zbigniew Brejtkopf | Assistant Production Manager |
| Art | Franciszek Trzaskowski | Construction Foreman |
| Production | Zygmunt Wójcik | Assistant Production Manager |
| Camera | Andrzej Gronau | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Józef Bartczak | Sound |
| Camera | Czesław Grabowski | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Hieronim Klimczak | Sound Assistant |
| Editing | Zenon Piórecki | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Halina Ber | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Roman Wołyniec | Assistant Production Design |
| Writing | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jerzy Zawieyski | Screenplay |
| Sound | Konrad Bryzek | Conductor |
| Directing | Maria Starzeńska | Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Tadeusz Zając | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Jerzy Bolesławski | Sound Assistant |
| Directing | Janusz Morgenstern | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Zofia Suchecka | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Halina Sieńska | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Bohdan Slowik | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Director |
| Editing | Wiesława Otocka | Editor |
| Production | Ludwik Hager | Production Manager |
| Art | Czeslawa Wróblewska | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Jerzy Lipman | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Adam Walaciński | Original Music Composer |
