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'Vampires of Warsaw' (Polish: 'Wampiry Warszawy') is a 1925 Polish silent crime film directed by Wiktor Biegaski and starring Oktawian Kaczanowski, Halina Labedzka and Maria Balcerkiewiczwna. It was Biegaski's most popular film, and displayed the influence of Soviet cinema on his work.Haltof p.14 The film is considered lost, so it's difficult to describe the plot in detail, but the film appears to have been a murder mystery whodunit and did not actually feature any vampires of the supernatural variety.

Actor Igo Sym, who later shared billing in films with top name stars like Marlene Dietrich, became a Nazi informant in WWII and turned in a number of fellow Polish actors and theater owners who were aligned with the Resistance forces in Poland. In 1941, some Polish freedom fighters assassinated Sym, and the Nazis retaliated by executing 21 hostages and sending dozens of others to Auschwitz.Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 295. .

Cast



* Oktawian Kaczanowski as Pradowski

* Halina abdzka as Urszula Pradowska

* Maria Balcerkiewiczwna as Countess Tamarska

* Igo Sym as Tadeusz Wyzewicz, lawyer

* Lech Owron as Baron Kamiow

* Marian Kiernicki as Antoni, lokaj

* Wiera Pogorzanka as Tonia

* Katarzyna Dworkowska as Przelozona klasztoru

* Piotr Hryniewicz as Prosecutor

* K. Marczewski as Lichwiarz

References



Bibliography



* Haltof, Marek. 'Polish National Cinema'. Berghahn Books, 2002.


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