Leads the ratings - Lotna movie (Speed).
Movie Premier in 1959.
The film is roughly based on a novel "Lotna" by Wojciech Zukrowski, published in 1945., The film is criticized by many historians for strengthening a propaganda myth of the Polish cavalry charging German tanks. In fact, the Polish cavalry never charged tanks, leave alone absurd slashing them with sabres. The main tactics of the cavalry was fighting on feet, and there were only several charges against infantry in 1939. On only one occasion, at Krojanty, the cavalry group was surprised by a fire of German armored cars, but did not try to charge them, and got away with moderate losses.
Poland, during the World War. Lotna be a famous specimen of Arabian pony, the arrogance of her manager, as economically behind the times to bounded by genuineness ride her but to whom she rabble expected nevertheless. The Polish cavalry army is also conceited of their panorama, and steadfast to rules, and diary. The German army is governing an out of control celerity loathsome beside tank, an almost unheard of weapon, and bring a bearing of go to an stop midstream. It's the concluding try linking Lotna (speed horse) and Blitzkriega (speed war)., Set in the beginning of the Wold War II, when Polish cavalry still fights with lances against the first German foot troops. Soon tanks give Germans the superiority and crush the daring horsemen. Tale is about a white thoroughbred horse that passes to various hands in a military outfit.
Certificates: Finland:K-16
Color Info: Black and White, Color, Color
Countries: Poland
Genres: Drama, War
Languages: Polish
Locations: Nieborów, Poland, Zegrzynek, Poland
Runtimes: 90
Sound Mix: Mono
Tech Info: OFM:35 mm, PFM:35 mm
Release Dates: Poland:27 September 1959, Finland:8 February 1963, UK:November 1965, USA:26 May 1966, Poland:25 July 2007
In movie played:
Henryk Cudnowski (actor)
Death Notes: Wroclaw, Poland
Birth Notes: Lwów, Poland
Death Date: 16 November 1963
Birth Date: 12 September 1884
Bronislaw Dardzinski (actor)
Death Notes: Warsaw, Poland
Birth Notes: St. Petersburg, Russia
Death Date: 13 May 1971
Birth Date: 30 December 1901
Adam Dzieszynski (actor)
Birth Notes: Lwów, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]
Birth Date: 28 January 1929
Wieslaw Golas (actor)
Articles: "Film" (Poland), May 2000, pg. 116-118, by: Maciej Maniewski, "Dobry na wszystko", Polish
Birth Notes: Kielce, Poland
Birth Date: 4 October 1930
Henryk Hunko (actor)
Death Notes: Wroclaw, Poland
Birth Notes: Warsaw, Poland
Death Date: 12 July 1985
Birth Date: 25 June 1924
Tadeusz Kosudarski (actor)
Death Notes: Warsaw, Poland
Birth Notes: Warszawa, Poland
Death Date: 14 November 1972
Birth Date: 21 January 1923
Marian Lacz (actor)
Father of actress 'Laura Lacz' (qv).
Nick Names: Makus
Death Notes: Warsaw, Poland
Height: 182 cm
Birth Notes: Rzeszów, Poland
Birth Name: Lacz, Marian Mikolaj
Spouse: 'Halina Dunajska' (qv) (? - 2 August 1984) (his death)
Death Date: 2 August 1984
Birth Date: 5 December 1921
Mieczyslaw Loza (actor)
Death Notes: Wroclaw, Poland
Birth Notes: Lublin, Poland
Death Date: 21 May 1982
Birth Date: 6 January 1916
Artur Mlodnicki (actor)
Spouse: 'Irena Tomaszewska' (? - ?); 1 child
Death Notes: Wroclaw, Poland
Birth Notes: Lemberg (Lwów), Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]
Father with his wife Irena Tomaszewska of actress 'Iwa Mlodnicka' (qv).
Death Date: 16 July 1972
Birth Date: 28 August 1911
Jerzy Moes (actor)
Birth Notes: Warsaw, Poland
Birth Date: 29 September 1935
Ludwik Pak (actor)
Death Notes: Warsaw, Poland
Birth Notes: Jasionna near Kielce, Poland
Death Date: 7 December 1988
Birth Date: 20 March 1930
Adam Pawlikowski (actor)
Death Notes: Warsaw, Poland
Birth Notes: Warsaw, Poland
Death Date: 17 January 1976
Birth Date: 21 November 1925
Czeslaw Piaskowski (actor)
Birth Date: 1903
Jerzy Pichelski (actor)
Death Notes: Warsaw, Poland
Birth Notes: Saratov, Russia
Death Date: 5 September 1963
Birth Date: 27 November 1903
Roman Polanski (actor)
Articles: "The Independent on Sunday" (UK), 7 December 2008, Iss. 980, pg. 50, by: Rupert Cornwell, "Is America finally ready to forgive Polanski?", "The Independent" (UK), 4 December 2008, Iss. 6908, pg. 5, by: Guy Adams, "After 30 years' exile, Polanski challenges US rape charge", "Contra Costa Times" (USA), 3 December 2008, by: Associated Press, "Film Director Roman Polanski Requests Dismissal of Sex Charge", "St. Paul Pioneer Press" (USA), 3 December 2008, by: Associated Press, "Polanski Seeks Dismissal of Sex Charge", "The Los Angeles Times" (USA), 9 June 2008, by: Mary Mcnamara, "Closer Look at the Polanski Sex Case", "San Jose Mercury News" (USA), 9 June 2008, by: Joanne Ostrow, "Looking Back at Roman Polanski's Trial", "The Denver Post" (USA), 6 June 2008, by: Joanne Ostrow, "Documentary Revisits Scandal of "Polanski"", "The New York Times" (USA), 31 March 2008, Vol. 157, Iss. 54,266, pg. E3, by: Manohla Dargis, "The Judge, the Director and the Vagaries of Justice", "The Independent" (UK), 3 February 2007, Iss. 6334, pg. 13, by: Matthew Beard, "Polanski to bring best-seller on last days of Pompeii to the big screen", "The Times" (UK), 20 July 2005, pg. 4, by: Michael Horsnell, "Polanski was too devastated to flirt with girls, says Mia Farrow", "The Guardian" (UK), 20 July 2005, Iss. 49411, pg. 5, by: Mark Honigsbaum, "Farrow: Polanski was in despair. Actor tells libel trial she did not see director misbehaving in restaurant", "Le Soir" (Belgium), 20 July 2005, Iss. 168, pg. 34, "La vie sexuelle de Polanski", "The Daily Telegraph" (UK), 20 July 2005, Iss. 46690, pg. 7, by: Richard Alleyne, "Grieving Polanski brushed off other women, says Mia", "The Independent" (UK), 20 July 2005, Iss. 5852, pg. 6, by: Robert Verkaik, "Farrow says Polanski snubbed woman's advance", "The Guardian" (UK), 15 July 2005, pg. 14, by: Peter Bradshaw, "The Guardian Profile: Roman Polanski", "The Guardian" (UK), 11 February 2005, Iss. 49275, pg. 7, by: Clare Dyer, "Polanski wins right to use video link in libel case", "The Scotsman" (UK), 11 February 2005, by: John Innes, "Polanski gives video evidence to dodge extradition", "The Independent" (UK), 18 November 2004, Iss. 5644, pg. 14, by: Robert Verkaik, "Polanski appeals for right to sue in UK from France", "Video Watchdog" (USA), June 2004, Iss. 108, pg. 34-45, by: Kim Newman, "DVD Spotlight: Rediscovering Polanski", "Film Comment" (USA), May 2003, Vol. 39, Iss. 3, pg. 52-53, by: Richard Combs, "First Person Singular: Roman Polanski Returns to His Roots for the Ultimate Survivor's Tale.", "The Freeman" (Philippines), 28 March 2003, Vol. 37, Iss. 251, pg. 21, by: Marlinda Angbetic Tan, "Oscar 2003 Winning Moments", "Philippine Daily Inquirer" (Philippines), 25 March 2003, Vol. 18, Iss. 107, pg. A1+A17, by: Inquirer Wires, "75th Oscars go to all that jazz with 6 trophies", "Entertainment Weekly" (USA), 21 February 2003, Iss. 696/697, pg. 102, by: Troy Patterson, "Roman Polanski", "New York Times" (USA), 25 MAY 2002, pg. B7+B12, by: Elvis Mitchell, "Cannes Has Echoes of Polanski and the Man Himself", "The Dark Side" (UK), February 2002, Iss. 95, pg. 50-55, by: John Hamilton, "Roman scandals pt. 2", "Cinefantastique" (USA), April 2000, Vol. 31, Iss. 11, pg. 60-62, by: Presley Reese, "The Return of Roman Polanski", "Film" (Poland), February 2000, pg.114-117, by: Katarzyna Kubisiowska, "Lokator sam w domu", Polish, "Vox" (Hungary), February 2000, Iss. 34, pg. 26-27, by: Eszter Szikora, "Keserû méz - Roman Polanski tragédiái", "Correio da Manhã" (Portugal), 18 August 1998, "Movieline" (USA), January 1995, Vol. VI, Iss. 5, pg. 58-63+95, by: Martha Frankel, "Roman Holiday: A lighthearted jaunt around Paris with Roman Polanski, director of some of the darkest, sexiest fims on-screen, and participant in some of the darkest, weirdest events in Hollywood.", "Ecco" (USA), 1993, Iss. 19, pg. 16-18, by: Harold Clarke, "Roman Knows", "Première" (France), June 1991, Iss. 171, pg. 60-63, by: Alexandre Grenier, "Polanski"
Has not been back to the United States since 1978., (September 1997) Reuters reports that Polanski is returning to face sentencing on statutory rape charges. Ten years later with no return, it's clear the reports were false., He was convicted of the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl and fled to Europe to escape incarceration., After Polanski fled from the American justice, the judge on his case swore to have him behind the bars. Though the judge died in 1989, the director still can't enter the US; otherwise, he would be arrested., In 1969, while he was on out-of-town business, his wife, actress 'Sharon Tate (I)' (qv) was brutally murdered by members of Charles Manson's cult family; though Manson only ordered the killing and was not present during the murders. She was eight-months pregnant with their first child at the time. He has said that his life's biggest regret was not being present at the house on Cielo Drive, Beverly Hills the night his wife 'Sharon Tate (I)' (qv) and four others were brutally murdered., Two children with 'Emmanuelle Seigner' (qv): Morgane and Elvis., Shortly before her murder, wife 'Sharon Tate (I)' (qv) gave Polanski a copy of 'Thomas Hardy (I)' (qv)'s 1891 novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles", and he planned to film it with her. When he finally made the movie _Tess (1979)_ (qv), he dedicated it to her., Roman and his father are Holocaust survivors. His father was Jewish, and his half-Jewish mother (who was murdered in Auschwitz) had been raised as a Roman Catholic., Received his first best director Oscar for the movie _The Pianist (2002)_ (qv) five months after the awards ceremony. His friend, 'Harrison Ford (I)' (qv), flew to France to present Polanski the award, since the director would be immediately arrested and incarcerated due to outstanding warrants stemming from his fleeing the US after his 1978 statutory rape conviction to avoid imprisonment. [8 September 2003]., Won the Best Director Oscar in 2003 for _The Pianist (2002)_ (qv) at the age of 69 years and 7 months, making him the oldest person ever to win that award to that point in time. Polanski eclipsed the record previously held by 'George Cukor' (qv), who was 65 when he won for directing _My Fair Lady (1964)_ (qv). This record was beaten in 2005 when 'Clint Eastwood' (qv) won at the age of 74 for _Million Dollar Baby (2004)_ (qv)., Within the Hollywood industry in the late 60s and early 70s he was often mocked as the stereotypical short, tyrannical European director., Was voted the 26th Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly., Was one of the judges in the Miss Universe pageant in 1976., When he fled from the U.S. in the late 70s, much was made about the director's inability to ever make films in the States again. However, Polanski only shot 2 films in the States prior to his arrest: _Rosemary's Baby (1968)_ (qv) and _Chinatown (1974)_ (qv) were shot in North America. All other English-language films before the arrest were shot in the UK, and all the ones since have been shot in Central Europe., President of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1991, Is portrayed by 'Marek Probosz' (qv) in _Helter Skelter (2004) (TV)_ (qv)., Polanski was born Rajmund Roman Liebling in Paris, France, the son of Bula (née Katz-Przedborska) and Ryszard Liebling (aka Ryszard Polanski), who was a painter and plastics manufacturer. His father was a Polish Jew and his mother, a native of Russia, was brought up as a Catholic as she had a Jewish father and a Roman Catholic mother., He was due to have directed "The Double," a modern-day, comedic adaptation of 'Fyodor Dostoyevsky' (qv)'s novel about a man whose life is taken over by his doppelganger. 'John Travolta' (qv), who was being paid $17M, was to have played the lead, alongside 'Isabelle Adjani' (qv), 'John Goodman (I)' (qv), and 'Jean Reno (I)' (qv). Shooting was to have begun in May 1996 in Paris. 'Lili Fini Zanuck' (qv) and 'Todd Black' (qv) were producing, 'Jeremy Leven' (qv) had written the screenplay and other personnel such as director of photography 'Robert Richardson (I)' (qv) and production designer 'Pierre Guffroy' (qv) were in place. Just nine days before principal photography was scheduled to start, and with around $15M already spent, Travolta flew back to US following an argument with Polanski. Travolta claimed that the screenplay had been significantly altered compared with the one he had signed up for. Following Travolta's departure, 'Steve Martin (I)' (qv) was quickly hired to replace him, but 'Isabelle Adjani' (qv) said she was only prepared to work with Travolta, and she, too, left the film. The project collapsed shortly afterwards., According to his autobiography, producer 'Robert Evans (I)' (qv) initially wanted Roman Polanski to direct _Sliver (1993)_ (qv). Since Polanski will not return to the United States, Evans planned on having a second unit director shoot some footage of New York, whilst Polanski would direct the film in Paris., Was offered the chance to direct _King Kong (1976)_ (qv) but turned it down., In November 1989 he was approached by Warner Bros to adapt and direct Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita. The project was subsequently dropped by Warners due to budgetary concerns and the studio's belief that the subject matter was no longer relevant due to the fall of the Berlin wall. Polanski has described his script as the best he has ever adapted., Directed four actors in Oscar-nominated performances: 'Ruth Gordon (I)' (qv), 'Jack Nicholson' (qv), 'Faye Dunaway' (qv), and 'Adrien Brody' (qv). Gordon and Brody won Oscars for their performance in one of his movies.
Pictorials: "Télépro" (Belgium), 13 May 2004, Iss. 2619, pg. 24-25, "Les chocs et les émotions du Festival de Cannes", "Playboy" (USA), November 1976, Vol. 23, Iss. 11, pg. 149, by: Arthur Knight, "Sex In Cinema - 1976", "Lui" (France), July 1969, Iss. 66, pg. 50, "Vamps à l'eau"
Karol Rómmel (actor)
Tadeusz Somogi (actor)
Marian Wisniowski (actor)
Boleslaw Wozniak (actor)
Wojciech Zukrowski (actor)
Halina Buyno-Loza (actress)
Bozena Kurowska (actress)
Irena Malkiewicz (actress)
Kazimiera Utrata (actress)
Andrzej Wajda (writer)
Wojciech Zukrowski (writer)
Jerzy Lipman (cinematographer)
Tadeusz Baird (composer)
Jan Banucha (costume designer)
Lidia Grysiówna (costume designer)
Andrzej Wajda (director)
Janina Niedzwiecka (editor)
Karol Rómmel (miscellaneous crew)
Roman Wolyniec (production designer)
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