Halina Bielińska Explained

Halina Bielińska (14 August 1914 - 13 October 1989)^[1] was a Polish film director, animator and screenwriter.

Bielińska and Włodzimierz Haupe were among the first Polish animators; their film Zmiana warty (Changing of the Guard) was awarded the Short Film Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1959.^[2]

Bielińska was born in Warsaw on 14 August 1914. She died there on 13 October 1989 at the age of 75.

Selected filmography

Feature Films

• Szczęściarz Antoni (1961)
• Godzina pąsowej róży (1963)
• Sam pośród miasta (1965)
• The Nutcracker (Dziadek do orzechów) (1967)
• Piąta rano (1969)

Animated Films

• Katarynka (1956)
• Zmiana warty (1958)
• But (1959)

External links

• • Halina Bielińska WIEM Encyklopedia

Notes and References

1. http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?osoba=1110352 Halina Bielińska
2. http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1959/allAward.html Awards 1959