Warsaw Premiere

Warsaw Premiere (Polish:Warszawska premiera) is a 1951 Polish historical film directed by Jan Rybkowski and starring Jan Koecher, Barbara Kostrzewska and Jerzy Duszyński.^[1] The film's art direction was by Roman Mann. The film portrays the life of the Polish composerStanisław Moniuszko, particularly focusing on the composition of his 1848 opera Halka. The film was the first Polish costume film made since the Second World War, and was stylistically similar to historical biopics in other Eastern Bloc countries such as Rimsky-Korsakov (1952).^[2]

The story revolves around the lives and hardships of Polish composer César Moniuszko in the 19th century as he battles to have his masterwork, the opera Halka, produced and performed in a nation under foreign rule.

• Liehm, Mira y Liehm, Antonín J. El arte más importante: el cine de Europa del Este después de 1945. University of California Press, 1977.

• Estreno en Varsovia en IMDb
• Estreno de Warszawska en www.filmpolski.pl (en polaco)