The Real End of the Great War

8.6
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 85 min
  • Premiere: 1957. October 10.

Róża marries a promising young architect, Juliusz. Then World War II breaks out and within weeks Juliusz is deported to a concentration camp. Months, and then years go by, until Róża abandons any hope that her husband might return. She meets and falls in love with another man, and tries to put her life back together, but one day, unexpectedly, Juliusz does return - a shattered, mere ghost of his former self, physically crippled and tormented by memories of the camps. First out of duty, then out of pity, Róża starts to care for him, but her feelings slowly are transformed into a kind of revulsion

Discover

Lucyna Winnicka

Róża Zborska

Andrzej Szalawski

Professor Stęgień

Helena Dąbrowska

Flower Seller

Janina Jabłonowska

Psychiatrist's Wife

Kazimierz Dębowski

Psychiatrist Ludwik

Zdzisław Leśniak

Man leading a Wedding Procession

Gustaw Lutkiewicz

Henryk Thiel

Tadeusz Minc

Wacław

Mariusz Gorczyński

Party Guest (uncredited)

Eugeniusz Kamiński

SS Soldier (uncredited)

Andrzej Kopiczyński

(uncredited)

Czesław Piaskowski

Gestapo Officer (uncredited)

Leonard Pietraszak

Party Guest (uncredited)

Maria Wachowiak

Party Guest (uncredited)

Hanna Stankówna

Girl on the Street (uncredited)

Ryszard Ronczewski

Camp Prisoner (uncredited)

Lech Wojciechowski

(uncredited)

Art

Roman Mann

Production Design

Franciszek Trzaskowski

Construction Foreman

Roman Wołyniec

Assistant Production Design

Bohdan Slowik

Set Decoration

Czeslawa Wróblewska

Set Decoration

Camera

Jerzy Wójcik

Camera Operator

Andrzej Gronau

Assistant Camera

Czesław Grabowski

Assistant Camera

Jerzy Lipman

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Lidia Rzeszewska

Costume Design

Halina Ber

Makeup Artist

Halina Sieńska

Makeup Artist

Directing

Maria Starzeńska

Assistant Director

Janusz Morgenstern

First Assistant Director

Zofia Suchecka

Assistant Director

Editing

Zenon Piórecki

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Tadeusz Zając

Lighting Technician

Production

Zbigniew Brejtkopf

Assistant Production Manager

Zygmunt Wójcik

Assistant Production Manager

Ludwik Hager

Production Manager

Sound

Hieronim Klimczak

Sound Assistant

Konrad Bryzek

Conductor

Jerzy Bolesławski

Sound Assistant

Adam Walaciński

Original Music Composer

Writing

Jerzy Zawieyski

Screenplay

Art

Roman Mann

Production Design

Franciszek Trzaskowski

Construction Foreman

Roman Wołyniec

Assistant Production Design

Bohdan Slowik

Set Decoration

Czeslawa Wróblewska

Set Decoration

Camera

Jerzy Wójcik

Camera Operator

Andrzej Gronau

Assistant Camera

Czesław Grabowski

Assistant Camera

Jerzy Lipman

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Lidia Rzeszewska

Costume Design

Halina Ber

Makeup Artist

Halina Sieńska

Makeup Artist

Directing

Maria Starzeńska

Assistant Director

Janusz Morgenstern

First Assistant Director

Zofia Suchecka

Assistant Director

Editing

Zenon Piórecki

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Tadeusz Zając

Lighting Technician

Production

Zbigniew Brejtkopf

Assistant Production Manager

Zygmunt Wójcik

Assistant Production Manager

Ludwik Hager

Production Manager

Sound

Hieronim Klimczak

Sound Assistant

Konrad Bryzek

Conductor

Jerzy Bolesławski

Sound Assistant

Adam Walaciński

Original Music Composer

Writing

Jerzy Zawieyski

Screenplay