Pan Twardowski (1921 film)

Pan Twardowski
Directed byWiktor Biegański
Written by
Produced byJózef Szwajcer
Starring
CinematographyStanisław Sebel
Production
company
Polfilma
Release date
  • February 1921 (1921-02)
Running time
59 minutes[1]
CountryPoland
LanguagesSilent
Polish intertitles

Pan Twardowski is a 1921 Polish silent fantasy film directed by Wiktor Biegański and starring Bronisław Oranowski, Wanda Jarszewska and Antoni Nowara-Piekarski.[2] Biegański was hired by the Polish government to make the film in an effort to foster a greater sense of Polish national identity—particularly in the ethnically mixed Upper Silesia.[3] It is one of many films based on the legend of Pan Twardowski, the Polish word "Pan" being a respectable title often given to members of the nobility or diplomats.[4]

  1. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 242.ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  2. ^ Pan Twardowski at the Internet Polish Movie Database (in Polish)
  3. ^ Skaff p.73
  4. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 242.ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.