Noce i dnie (1975)

Noce i dnie: Directed by Jerzy Antczak. With Jadwiga Baranska, Jerzy Binczycki, Emir Buczacki, Stanislawa Celinska. An epic saga of the Niechcic family, told from a woman’s perspective. In 1914 in the war-torn Kaliniec, Barbara Niechcic remembers her youthful love, marriage hardships, family life in the countryside and finally her husband’s death.

“u0026quot;Noce I dnieu0026quot; (Days and Nights) is the film version of a major Polish novelist Maria Dabrowskau0026#39;s (1889-1965) best novel of the same title. It was published in 1932-34. The novel grew out of nineteenth century realism but the authoru0026#39;s work is on an epic scale in its genre and language. The film is a close reading of what Dabrowska wrote. I know of no English translation of the novel yet. The DVD we saw had no English titles however I canu0026#39;t imagine rendering into English the authoru0026#39;s linguistic inventions. The author created a language from what was commonly spoken and enriched it by an extensive knowledge of how the language developed over time. This is how the poet Julian Przybos described Dabrowskau0026#39;s linguistic contribution.”