| Władysław Hańcza | |
|---|---|
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| Born | (1905-05-18)18 May 1905 Łódź, Congress Poland |
| Died | 19 November 1977(1977-11-19) (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
In 1924, he graduated high school in his hometown of Łódź. Afterwards he studied philosophy and Polish philology at the University of Poznań. In 1927, he made his actor debut in a theater in Poznań.
Career
He performed in theatres in Poznań, Katowice, Toruń and Łódź, before he joined the National Theatre in Warsaw in 1939. 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.
After the war he was a lecturer at the State Theatre Academy in Warsaw.
Selected filmography
- 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
- ^ "Władysław Hańcza (1905 – 1977)". Dziennik Teatralny (in Polish). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
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