The Girls from Nowolipki
Polish film by Joseph Lejtes (1937)
The Girls from Nowolipki (Polish: Dziewczeta z Nowolipek) is a 1937 Polish drama film directed by Joseph Lejtes and starring Elzbieta Barszczewska, Jadwiga Andrzejewska and Tamara Wiszniewska. It was shot at the Falanga Studios in Warsaw. The film's sets were designed by the art director Stefan Norris and Jacek Rotmil. It is based on the 1935 novel The Girls from Nowolipki by Pola Gojawiczynska, which was adapted into a 1985 film of the same title.
Cast
Elzbieta Barszczewska as Bronka Mossakowska
Jadwiga Andrzejewska as Franka
Tamara Wiszniewska as Amelka Raczynska
Anna Jaraczówna as Kwiryna
Stanislawa Wysocka as Mossakowska
Mieczyslawa Cwiklinska as Raczynska
Hanna Brzezinska as Manka
Janina Janecka as Prymasiakowa
Helena Buczynska as Franka's Mother
Kazimierz Junosza-Stepowski as Mossakowski
Tadeusz Bialoszczynski as Rózycki
Stefan Hnydzinski as Michalowski
Andrzej Szalawski as Ignas
Józef Karbowski as Professor
Wladyslaw Grabowski as Pharmacist
Antoni Rózycki as Writer Szubow
Kazimierz Pawlowski as Roman
Wlodzimierz Lozinski as Mietek
Saturnin Butkiewicz as Man Accompanying Rózycki
Roman Deren as Man at the 'Akwarium' Club
References
Bibliography
Haltof, Marek. Historical Dictionary of Polish Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015.
Skaff, Sheila. The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939. Ohio University Press, 2008.
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