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Pierwsza ekranizacja Pana Twardowskiego
The first film adaptation of Pan Twardowski

Author(s): Małgorzata Hendrykowska, Marek Hendrykowski
Subject(s): Culture and social structure , Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: First World War; Skobielevski Committee; Russian cinema; Polish culture; film; legend; adaptation, Starewicz; mise-en-scène;

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the oldest recorded film adaptation of the legend of Pan Twardowski, found in the archives of the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York. The two-part feature film was filmed in Russia between 1916 and 1917, and its creator was the famed Polish filmmaker Władysław Starewicz.

  • Issue Year: 20/2017
  • Issue No: 29
  • Page Range: 149-160
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish