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'Zakazane piosenki' (, 'Forbidden Songs') is a 1946 Polish musical film directed by Leonard Buczkowski. It was the first feature film to be created in Poland following the six years of World War II.

The film, set during the German occupation of Warsaw during the war, tells the story of several inhabitants of the same tenement house. Their stories are loosely tied together by a set of songs, both pre-war ballads popular during the war and war-time popular songs mocking German occupation ('Siekiera, motyka').

The film's premiere took place on 8 January 1947 in the newly reopened Palladium cinema in Warsaw. The film proved to be highly popular and more than 10.8 million people watched it in the following three years twice the usual average attendance in post-war Poland.

In 1948 the film was re-edited and re-released in a new version, with more focus on Red Army's role as the liberator of Poland and the main ally of post-war Polish communist regime, as well as more grim outlook of the German occupation of Warsaw and German brutality in general. Main differences:

* place of Roman Tokarski's (main character) narration:

** 1947 editiona film studio,

** 1948 editiona flat. A former soldier of Polish Armed Forces in the West often blunders when Tokarski tells about German occupation.

* boy singing song against Germans in tramsong ends with words 'piewa si nie boj, bo mnie nie zrozumi te przeklte gnoje.' (Polish 'I'm not afraid to sing, because those damn bastards won't understand me'):

** 1947 editionboy escapes. When a German officer is shouting 'Ja rozumie! Ja rozumie! Gnoje to my, Deutsche!' (broken Polish 'I understand! I understand! Bastards are we, Deutsche!'), all passengers laugh,

** 1948 editionGerman officer shouts 'Halt!' Boy tries to escape, but he is shot by German soldiers.

* German policeman at Tokarski's home:

** 1947 editionpoliceman begins to play piano,

** 1948 editionpoliceman tries to force Tokarski's mother to play the Deutschlandlied, beats and pushes her.

* soldiers of Polish resistance at home of Volksdeutsche Maria Kdziorek (Marie Kentschorek):

** 1947 editionthey shot her,

** 1948 editionmovie suggests that they have shaved her head.

* a scene in which a blind accordionist is killed by Polish policeman, was added in 1948 edition.

However, as the farcical plot and all-familiar songs were mostly free of ideological subtexts, the film remained popular in the decades to come and some of its songs re-emerged in slightly modified form during the 1980s martial law and struggle against the Communist rule. The film remains well-known and popular even in modern Poland, being screened by the public Polish Television (TVP) on a regular basis. Both editions have been published on DVD in Poland, by the Propaganda label, first the 1947 one, as-is, and later the 1948 one, in a digitally restored version.

Cast



* Danuta Szaflarska as Halina Tokarska

* Jerzy Duszyski as Roman Tokarski

* Jan widerski as Ryszard

* Janina Ordanka

* Jan Kurnakowicz as Cielak

* Stanisaw apiski

* Zofia Jamry as Maria Kdziorek

* Konstanty Pgowski

* Jzef Maliszewski

* Hanna Bielicka

* Alina Janowska

* Zofia Mrozowska

* Leon Pietraszkiewicz

* Czesaw Piaskowski

* Stanisawa Piasecka

* Bronisaw Darski

* Helena Puchniewska

* Ludwik Tatarski

* Kazimierz Wichniarz

* Jarosaw Skulski

* Edward Dziewoski

* Henryk Szweizer

* Feliks ukowski as Jurek

* Henryk Modrzewski

* Henryk Borowski

* Stefan rdka

* Igor miaowski

* Zdzisaw Lubelski

* Artur Modnicki

* Adam Mikoajewski

* Maria Bielicka

* Bolesaw Bolkowski

* Janina Draczewska

* Andrzej apicki

* Wanda Jakubiska

* Kazimierz Dejunowicz

* Marian Dbrowski

* Witold Sadowy

References



Category:1946 films

Category:Polish war films

Category:1940s Polish-language films

Category:Polish musical films

Category:1946 musical films

Category:1940s war films

Category:Polish black-and-white films

Category:Polish World War II films

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