Name: Partings
Released: 1962
Cast: Maria Wachowiak, Tadeusz Janczar, Gustaw Holoubek, Saturnin ^d:zúrawski, Irena Netto

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Also Known As

Lydia Ate the Apple, Pozegnania

Release Date

Jan 1962

Premiere Information

New York opening: 28 Nov 1962

Production Company

Syrena Film Unit

Distribution Company

Telepix Corp.

Country

Poland

Screenplay Information

Based on the novel Pozegnania by Stanislaw Dygat (Warsaw, 1948).

Synopsis

Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, Paul, a young, disillusioned Polish aristocrat, indulges in a flirtation with Lidka, a dancehall hostess. He refuses to consummate their affair since the act would affirm a life force he wishes to renounce. He is called into the army and does not return to his village for 5 years. Now even more disillusioned because of his war and prison-camp experiences, he discovers that the ante bellum aristocracy in which he grew up is rapidly disintegrating; his family has fled the country; and his once complacent friends are struggling for survival. Although Lidka has bettered herself by marrying a count, she has only contempt for her husband because of his collaboration with the Nazis; and when she reencounters Paul, she seduces him and breaks irrevocably with her husband. Following their first night together, she leads Paul to a roadside to watch Soviet tanks rolling into the village. Confident that the upheaval and change are for the better, she tells Paul that they will begin a new life together.