Under the Phrygian Star

Under the Phrygian Star

111 mins | Drama | Oct. 30, 1954

With the second part of his Cellulose Diptych, award-winning director Jerzy Kawalerowicz returns to protagonist Szczesny, now a full-fledged, middle-aged communist militant in pre-war Poland. Based on the writings of Igor Newerly, Kawalerowicz's epic chronicles the romance between Szczesny and the charismatic Madzia, as the ill-fated pair fall in love amid the social and political upheaval of their homeland.

Under the Phrygian Star

111 mins | Drama | Oct. 30, 1954

Under the Phrygian Star
With the second part of his Cellulose Diptych, award-winning director Jerzy Kawalerowicz returns to protagonist Szczesny, now a full-fledged, middle-aged communist militant in pre-war Poland. Based on the writings of Igor Newerly, Kawalerowicz's epic chronicles the romance between Szczesny and the charismatic Madzia, as the ill-fated pair fall in love amid the social and political upheaval of their homeland.
Producers WFF Lodz
Original title Pod gwiazdą frygijską
Directors Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Writers Igor Newerly, Jerzy Kawalerowicz

Cast

Józef Nowak

as Szczęsny "Bida"

Lucyna Winnicka

as Magda

Halina Przybylska

as Weronka, sister of Szczęsny

Stanisław Jasiukiewicz

as Bolesław Gąbiński, a worker in "Cellulose", a police reporter

Zbigniew Józefowicz

as Jan Gawlikowski

Jerzy Szpunar

as Stanisław Rychlik

Stanisław Milski

as Szczesny's Father

Zofia Perczyńska

as Kachna

Bolesław Płotnicki

as Olejniczak

Janusz Jaroń

as Chrobotek

Tadeusz Kondrat

as Lubart

Aleksander Sewruk

as Wajszyc

Małgorzata Lorentowicz

as Wajszycowa

Maciej Maciejewski

as Tomczewski

Janusz Strachocki

as Klusiewicz

Saturnin Butkiewicz

as Butcher Eustachy Kleszcz, Korbal's father-in-law (uncredited)

Jerzy Walczak

as Speaker (uncredited)

Zbigniew Skowroński

as MP Roman Korbal

Feliks Chmurkowski

as foreman

Józef Gliński

as Walek, Szczęsny's brother

Wacław Kowalski

as Party member

Ludwik Benoit

as Perehubka

Kazimierz Wichniarz

as Party member

Kazimierz Opaliński

as Nepomucen Lapiec

Jadwiga Andrzejewska

as Tomczewska

Józef Czerniawski

as Cat, police officer conducting a search at Tomczewski's (uncredited)

Zofia Stefanska

as Jadzia

Ludwik Wytysiński

as Peasant Rib (uncredited)

Ludwik Bednarek

as Wladek

Ruth Taru-Kowalska

as Lubartowa

Henryk Staszewski

as Worker (uncredited)

Alicja Raciszówna

as Party Woman (uncredited)

Zygmunt Malawski

as Worker (uncredited)

Włodzimierz Kwaskowski

as Party Member (uncredited)

Jerzy Antczak

as Worker (uncredited)

Zofia Goldberg

as Weapons Lubartówna (uncredited)