Wrzos
About Wrzos
Juliusz Gardan's film of Maria Rodziewiczówna's novel follows a marriage the two families arrange against what the couple wants. Stanisława Angel-Engelówna plays Kazia. Franciszek Brodniewicz plays Andrzej Sanicki. Mieczysław Cybulski plays Stach Boguski. The Polish title is Wrzos, heather.
Cast & crew
More about Wrzos
Alfred Niemirski produced it. Gardan directed. Elektra Film released it in Poland on April 16, 1938. It runs 96 minutes. Jakub Joniłowicz photographed it. Władysław Szpilman wrote the music. Stefan Norris and Jacek Rotmil designed the sets.
Themes
Background
Polish features of 1938 were still being made in Warsaw for a domestic audience. This one is a family-pressure marriage story from a popular novel.
Making
Gardan shot Rodziewiczówna's novel as a studio melodrama, with Norris and Rotmil on the sets and Szpilman on the music.
Look
Jakub Joniłowicz photographed the 96-minute melodrama.
Music
Władysław Szpilman composed the score.
Notes
- Hanna Brzezińska plays Celina. Mieczysława Ćwiklińska plays Ramszycowa.
- Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski plays Andrzej's father. Aleksander Zelwerowicz plays Kazia's father.
- Stanisława Wysocka plays Stach's grandmother. Lidia Wysocka plays Dębska.
- Szpilman, later the pianist in The Pianist, wrote this score.
- The English title used for the film is Heather.
Scenes
- The families press Kazia and Andrzej into the marriage.
Influenced by
- Maria Rodziewiczówna's novel Wrzos
