heroism

Heroism
Directed by	Andrzej Munk
Written by	Jerzy Stefan Stawinski
Starring	Edward Dziewonski Tadeusz Lomnicki Leon Niemczyk
Music by	Jan Krenz
Cinematography	Jerzy Wójcik
Distributed by	Film Polski
Release date(s)	1958
Running time	87 min
Language	Polish
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Heroism (Original title Eroica) is a 1958 film by Andrzej Munk. It is composed of two separate film novels, each featuring the Polish concept of heroism and a role of a hero.

Eroica won the FIPRESCI Award at the 1959 Mar Del Plata Film Festival.

Synopsis

Scherzo Alla Pollacca

The first part is a bitter, tragicomic story of Dzidziuś, a street-wise bon-vivant, drunkard and coward who unwillingly becomes a soldier in the Home Army during the Warsaw Uprising. Dzidziuś wife Zosia is having an affair with a Hungarian officer stationed nearby, and Dzidziuś is ordered to contact the Hungarian unit and convince the officer to join the battle against the Nazis.

Ostinato Lugubre

The second novel is set in a POW camp for Polish soldiers. Lt. Zawistowski, one of the interned soldiers, decides to make an attempt to escape from the camp. While none of his fellow inmates are sure whether he succeeded, his absence upsets the guards and provides hope and inspiration for the rest of prisoners. Soon his legend grows, making him a hero within the camp and helping to boost the prisoners' morale. However, it turns out that Lt. Zawistowski didn't actually follow through on his escape plans, but is hiding in the attic of one of the barracks. It turns out that he was hiding from his colleagues, whose ostentatious patriotism he simply couldn't stand.

Cast

• Edward Dziewoński as Dzidziuś
• Tadeusz Łomnicki as Lt. Zawistowski
• Barbara Połomska as Zosia
• Ignacy Machowski as the Home Army Major
• Leon Niemczyk as the Hungarian officer
• Kazimierz Opaliński as the Home Army commander of Mokotów
• Kazimierz Rudzki as Lt. Turek
• Henryk Bąk as Lt. Krygier
• Roman Kłosowski as Szpakowski
• Bogumił Kobiela as Lt. Dąbecki
• Stanisław Bareja as a Home Army soldier
• Witold Pyrkosz as Kardas
• Wojciech Siemion as Lt. Marianek

See also

• Cinema of Poland
• List of Polish language films

External links

• Eroica at the Internet Movie Database

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