Władysław Hańcza
Władysław Hańcza | |
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| Born | 18 May 1905 |
| Died | 19 November 1977 (aged 72) Warsaw, Poland |
| Occupation(s) | actor, stage director |
Władysław Hańcza (18 May 1905 – 19 November 1977) was a Polish actor and theatre director.
Education and debut
[edit]In 1924, he graduated high school in his hometown of Łódź.[1] Afterwards he studied philosophy and Polish philology at the University of Poznań.[1] In 1927, he made his actor debut in a theater in Poznań.[1]
Career
[edit]He performed in theatres in Poznań, Katowice, Toruń and Łódź, before he joined the National Theatre in Warsaw in 1939.[1] During the German occupation in World War II, he joined an underground theater in Warsaw. In October 1944, he was deported by the Germans to a forced labour camp in Cottbus, and imprisoned there until the war ended in May 1945.[1]
After the war he was a lecturer at the State Theatre Academy in Warsaw.
Selected filmography
[edit]- Popioły (1965)
- Sami swoi (1967) as Władysław Kargul
- Colonel Wołodyjowski (1968) as Nowowiejski
- Chłopi (1973 film) (1973) as Maciej Boryna
- Potop (1974) as Janusz Radziwiłł
- Nie ma mocnych (1974)
- Nights and Days (Noce i Dnie) (1975)
- Kochaj albo rzuć (1977)
References
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