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title: 'Nights and Days (1975)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jerzy Antczak'
released: '1975-09-23'
runtime_minutes: 276
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Poland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/nights-and-days-1975'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073460/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Nights and Days (1975)

1975 · 276 min · Drama, War · Poland

Original title: Noce i dnie

## Synopsis

Nights and Days is a 1975 Polish film directed by Jerzy Antczak. This epic family drama was based on Maria Dąbrowska's novel Noce i dnie, and was described by The Washington Post as "Poland's Gone With the Wind". Set in Kalisz and the Kalisz Region in the second half of the 19th century after the failure of the January Uprising in 1863, the film presents a unique portrait of an oppressed society, life in exile, and the confiscation of private property as told through the loves and struggles of the Niechcic family. This sweeping historical epic was the highest-grossing film in Poland's history upon its release and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1977. The film score was composed by Waldemar Kazanecki, which includes a Viennese waltz that is frequently played at Polish weddings as the first dance of bride and groom.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jerzy Antczak](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-antczak)
- **Screenplay:** [Jerzy Antczak](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-antczak)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Waldemar Kazanecki](https://cinepixo.com/people/waldemar-kazanecki)
- **Director of Photography:** [Stanisław Loth](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanis-aw-loth)

## Cast

- [Barbara Rachwalska](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-rachwalska)
- [Leszek Piskorz](https://cinepixo.com/people/leszek-piskorz)
- [Magdalena Wołłejko](https://cinepixo.com/people/magdalena-wo-ejko)
- [Cezary Julski](https://cinepixo.com/people/cezary-julski)
- [Jan Nowicki](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-nowicki)
- [Elżbieta Starostecka](https://cinepixo.com/people/elzbieta-starostecka)
- [Anna Nehrebecka](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-nehrebecka)
- [Izabella Dziarska](https://cinepixo.com/people/izabella-dziarska)
- [Jan Englert](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-englert)
- [Halina Buyno-Łoza](https://cinepixo.com/people/halina-buyno-oza)
- [Ewa Dałkowska](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewa-da-kowska)
- [Janina Traczykówna](https://cinepixo.com/people/janina-traczykowna)
- [Magdalena Zawadzka](https://cinepixo.com/people/magdalena-zawadzka)
- [Marek Walczewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/marek-walczewski)
- [Jadwiga Kuryluk](https://cinepixo.com/people/jadwiga-kuryluk)

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