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How to Be Loved

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How to be Loved
Directed byWojciech Has
Written byKazimierz Brandys
StarringZbigniew Cybulski
Barbara Krafftówna
CinematographyStefan Matyjaszkiewicz
Music byLucjan Kaszycki
Distributed byZespół Filmowy Kamera
Release date
  • 1963 (1963)
Running time
97 min
LanguagePolish

How to be Loved (Polish: 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.[1]

Plot

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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.

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References

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  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: How to Be Loved". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
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