Władysław Hańcza

Polish actor and theatre director
Władysław Hańcza
Born(1905-05-18)18 May 1905
Łódź, Poland
Died19 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.[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

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

  • 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

  1. ^ a b c d e "Władysław Hańcza (1905 – 1977)". Dziennik Teatralny (in Polish). Retrieved 30 September 2023.

External links

  • Władysław Hańcza at IMDb
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