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