Ludzie bez jutra explained

Ludzie bez jutra
Director:	Aleksander Hertz
Starring:	Józef Węgrzyn Halina Bruczówna Pavel Owerlio
Studio:	Sfinks
Country:	Poland
Language:	Silent (Polish intertitles)

Ludzie bez jutra (English: People with no Tomorrow, it was also shown under several English titles, among them At the Time of the Czars and The Bartenieff Affair)^[1] is a 1921 Polish silent film by director Aleksander Hertz. The film was considered lost for almost a hundred years before being rediscovered in Germany in 2015.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Production

The film has been considered to be among several films made in the 1910 and 1920s which were playing off of anti-Russian feelings in Poland during that time. The film was the last film made by director Aleksander Hertz before Polish independence from Russia.^[5]

Plot

The film is based on the real life ill-starred love affair between Polish actress Maria Wisnowska and Russian cavalry officer Alexander Bartenev. The affair led to Bartenev eventually killing Wisnowska as part of a suicide pact.^[6]

Reception

The film was met with negative reactions upon its release, it became controversial with both government censors and general audiences for portraying the events of the murder realistically. The controversy brought the studio Sfinks into a public scandal.^[7]

See also

• Cinema of Poland
• List of rediscovered films
• List of Polish films before 1930

Further reading

• Web site: People With No Tomorrow (1921) . Filmuforia. 18 September 2017 . 9 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170918141830/http://www.filmuforia.co.uk/people-with-no-tomorrow-1921-ludzie-bez-jutra-kinoteka-2016/ . 18 September 2017 .
• Web site: Skandaliczne dzieło wraca do kin. To polski film. Fakt.pl. 18 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170918222027/http://www.fakt.pl/wydarzenia/polska/ludzie-bez-jutra-zaginiony-film-odnaleziony-w-niemczech/453n1d5. 18 September 2017 . 14 December 2015 . Sidorska, Hanna.
• Web site: "Ludzie bez jutra" z muzyką na żywo w Iluzjonie . Onet.pl. 18 September 2017 . 18 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170918222227/http://film.onet.pl/wiadomosci/ludzie-bez-jutra-z-muzyka-na-zywo-w-iluzjonie/j2ptqs. 10 December 2015 .
• Web site: Sensacyjna historia filmu "Ludzie bez jutra". Polskieradio.pl. 18 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170918222902/http://www.polskieradio.pl/9/1278/Artykul/1648699,Sensacyjna-historia-filmu-Ludzie-bez-jutra. 28 July 2016. 18 September 2017.

Notes and References

1. Book: Ford . C. . Hammond . R. . Polish Film: A Twentieth Century History . McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers . 2009 . 978-1-4766-0803-7 . 19 September 2017 . 303.
2. Web site: Kino Iluzjon: zaginiony film po ponad 100 latach wraca na ekran . Wyborcza.pl. 18 September 2017 . 14 December 2015 . Dłużewska, Emila.
3. Web site: PREMIERA PO LATACH: LUDZIE BEZ JUTRA - FILM NIEMY Z MUZYKĄ NA ŻYWO (SZA/ZA). . 18 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170918222627/http://www.radiokrakow.pl/kultura/premiera-po-latach-ludzie-bez-jutra-film-niemy-z-muzyka-na-zywo-szaza/. 18 September 2017 . 15 December 2015 . M. Nieciecka Mac.
4. Book: Skaff, S. . The history of cinema in Poland and the transition from silent to sound film, 1896-1939 . University of Michigan . 2004 . 19 September 2017 . 49. 9780496851133 .
5. Book: Polish Film: A Twentieth Century History. 24. Charles. Ford. Robert. Hammond. 11 September 2009. McFarland. 9781476608037. 18 September 2017. Google Books.
6. Web site: Rediscovered Polish film set for 21st century premiere . thenews.pl. https://web.archive.org/web/20170918221717/http://www.thenews.pl/1/11/Artykul/232474,Rediscovered-Polish-film-set-for-21st-century-premiere. 18 September 2017. 11 December 2015. Radio Poland. 5 February 2017.
7. Book: Skaff, Sheila . The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939. Polish and Polish American Studies. Ohio University Press . 2008 . 978-0821417843 . 19 September 2017 . 65.