YOUNG FOREST [1934]
year:
- 1934
release date:
- 22 XII 1934
runtime:
- 71 min
directed by:
- Józef Lejtes
written by:
- Jan Adolf Hertz, Anatol Stern, Józef Lejtes
director of photography:
- Albert Wywerka
cast:
- Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski [professor Pakotin], Bogusław Samborski [headmaster Starogrenadzki], Maria Bogda [Wanda Lityńska], Adam Brodzisz [Stefan Kiernicki], Stefan Jaracz [Stefan’s father], Mieczysław Cybulski [Jan Walczak], Witold Zacharewicz [Majewski], Michał Znicz [French professor], Władysław Walter [a caretaker], Alina Halska [Zofia Strońska], Antoni Bednarczyk [a middle school professor], Kazimierz Korwin-Pawłowski [Pszczółkowski], Wiktor Biegański [Żewakow]
music by:
- Roman Palester, Marian Neuteich
production design:
- Jacek Rotmil, Stefan Norris
produced by:
- Libkow-Film
executive producer:
- Marek Libkow
awards:
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- Soviet Film Festival in Moscow (USSC)1935: honorary mention for best performances for the entire cast
About the film
It is 1905. At a history lesson, Janek Walczak opposes the professor’s claims that Suvorov was the greatest leader. He faces expulsion from school. He agrees to apologise because of his poor, hard-working mother, but during the event he collapses and faints...
Stefan Kiernicki, son of the hated school inspector, undergoes a significant evolution. Initially, he avoids taking any risks, later he attempts suicide when he is ostracised by his peers and abandoned by his beloved Wanda, and finally he joins the strike. The activities of Polish students are supported by their Russian colleagues. Young people go out onto the street. They not only conspire in secret, but start fighting openly. Walking together are Stefan and Wanda, who, after overcoming many obstacles, have found their way into each other’s heart.
