How to Be Loved
{{Short description|1963 Polish film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name =How to be Loved
| image =How to be loved poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = Wojciech Has
| producer =
| writer = Kazimierz Brandys
| starring =Zbigniew Cybulski
Barbara Krafftówna
| cinematography = Stefan Matyjaszkiewicz
| music = Lucjan Kaszycki
| editing =
| distributor = Zespół Filmowy Kamera
| released = {{Film date|1963}}
| runtime = 97 min
| language = Polish
| budget =
}}
How to be Loved ({{langx|pl|Jak być kochaną}}) is a 1963 Polish film, directed by Wojciech Has.
The film, based on a novel of the same name by Kazimierz Brandys, examines the emotional casualties of war, which is perhaps the central theme of the Polish Film School. On a deeper level, the film manages to construct a personal tragedy that results from a struggle of egoism and cowardice versus devotion and courage.
The film was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3129/year/1963.html |title=Festival de Cannes: How to Be Loved |accessdate=2009-02-27|work=festival-cannes.com}}
Plot
On a plane bound for Paris, Felicja (Barbara Krafftówna), a successful radio actress, recalls the night in 1939 when she was to debut as Ophelia, with the man she loved, Wiktor (Zbigniew Cybulski), playing Hamlet. World War II intervenes, and Felicja takes a job as a waitress to avoid acting on a German stage, giving her lover sanctuary when he's accused of killing a collaborator. After the war, Wiktor can't get away fast enough, hot on the trail of fame and applause, and the woman who saved him is herself wrongly accused of collaboration. Years later, Wiktor and Felicja meet again, and the tables have turned.
Cast
- Barbara Krafftówna as Felicja
- Zbigniew Cybulski as Wiktor Rawicz
- Artur Młodnicki as Tomasz
- Wieńczysław Gliński as bacteriologist
- Wiesław Gołas as German soldier
- Wiesława Kwaśniewska as photographer
- Zdzisław Maklakiewicz as journalist Zenon
- Tadeusz Kalinowski - Peters
- Mirosława Krajewska as flight attendant
See also
References
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External links
- {{imdb title|id=0057196|title=How To Be Loved}}
{{Wojciech Has}}
Category:Films directed by Wojciech Has
Category:1960s Polish-language films
Category:Polish World War II films
Category:Polish black-and-white films
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