Michael
2026 · Music · Drama
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Film / 1951
The Warsaw Debut
Directed by
Jan Rybkowski
Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko fights for the right to stage his opera "Halka".
The story
Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko fights for the right to stage his opera "Halka".
Cast
Jan KoecherStanisław Moniuszko
Jerzy DuszyńskiWłodzimierz Wolski
Barbara KostrzewskaPaulina Rivoli
Nina AndryczMaria Kalergis
Danuta SzaflarskaCountess Krystyna
Janusz WarneckiProfessor
Jan KurnakowiczProf. Jan Quatrini
Stanisław ŻeleńskiJózef Sikorski, music critic
Gustaw BuszyńskiTheater Director Ignacy Abramowicz
Zdzisław MrożewskiCount Alfred (as Z. Morzewski)
Tadeusz CyglerJulian Dobrski
Wacław DomienieckiItalian Tenor
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Józef KarbowskiSecretary
Jan CiecierskiBishop
Kazimierz OpalińskiTheater Records-keeper
Ludwik SempolińskiKlimowicz
Krystyna KarkowskaMagdalenka
Halina Billing-WohlMoniuszka (wife)
Wacław Ścibor-RylskiSacchetti
Aleksander GąssowskiJefimow
Henryk ModrzewskiSennewald
Zenon BurzyńskiTunio
Ludwik BenoitSculptor
Zdzisław SzymańskiReporter
Mieczysław PawlikowskiMusician
Tadeusz PlucińskiPainter
Ryszard BaryczPoet
Emil KarewiczGeorg
Jan Zielinskistage manager
Bronisław DarskiPorter (uncredited)
Jerzy Kaczmarek(uncredited)
Maria KaniewskaMoniuszko's Co-Passenger (uncredited)
Krystyna Królikiewicz(uncredited)
Wiesława Kwaśniewska(uncredited)
Józef NowakStudent with Flowers (uncredited)
Janina Ordężanka(uncredited)
Lech OrdonPublisher (uncredited)
Bronisław PawlikShopkeeper (uncredited)
Czesław Piaskowski(uncredited)
Jerzy Pietraszkiewicz(uncredited)
Olga Sawicka(uncredited)
Teresa Szmigielówna(uncredited)
Kazimierz Szubert(uncredited)
Janusz Ściwiarski(uncredited)
Tadeusz TeodorczykReporter (uncredited)
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