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'Before Twilight' is a 2008 Polish comedy film drama directed by Jacek Bawut.

The film is about a group of old retired theatre actors in a retirement home for actors who aim to regroup and stage Goethe's 'Faust'. The film stars a number of esteemed veteran Polish actors including Irena Kwiatkowska and Roman Kosowski, who plays Nostradamus.

The film, produced in 2008, was featured at the 2008 Polish Feature Film Festival where it won a Silver Lion award for director Jacek Bawut and picked up several other awards. It was later released theatrically in Poland on 15 May 2009.

The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra were invited to perform part of the soundtrack.

Cast



*Nina Andrycz as Herself

*Maria Biakowska as Zosia

*Sonia Bohosiewicz as Malgorzata

*Stefan Burczyk as Sodolski

*Wieczysaw Gliski as Himself

*Witold Gruca as Himself

*Lech Gwit as Henryk

*Robert Jurczyga as Czarek

*Fabian Kiebicz as Fred

*Roman Kosowski as Nostradamus

*Ewa Krasnodbska as Marilyn

*Irena Kwiatkowska as Herself

*Boena Mrowiska as Renata

*Jan Nowicki as Jerzy

*Kazimierz Orzechowski as Himself

*Antoni Pawlicki as Student

*Zofia Perczyska as Matylda

*Marek Sitarski as Gardener Stefan

*Witold Skaruch as John

*Anna Grayna Suchocka

*Danuta Szaflarska as Barbara

*Teresa Szmigielwna as Teresa

*Beata Tyszkiewicz as Rza

*Zofia Wilczyska as Dorota

*Bohdan Wrblewski as Tyka

The idea was to gather an all-star cast of veteran actors, including those who starred in movies or stage plays as early as before World War II. Unfortunately the movie suffered from such a long pre-production phase that many of the actors already cast had passed before the shooting started, with such notable names as Leon Niemczyk, Gustaw Holoubek, Lidia Wysocka, Irena Malkiewicz, Zdzisaw Mroewski. This led to major changes in the script.

See also



* List of Polish films of the 2000s

References




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