The Black Dress ( 1967 )

Overview

Two handed chamber piece about a middle aged woman who returns from the camps after WWII and meets the mother of her deceased husband. Unable to explain the truth about her husband’s death, Joanna weaves a web of lies to comfort the old woman. In time she is forced to involve more and more people who know of his fate.

Top Cast

Ida Kamińska

Karola

Aleksandra Śląska

Joanna

Maria Broniewska

Widow

Ewa Milde

Telephone Operator

Andrzej May

Jerzy

Andrzej Jędrzejewski

Tadeusz Osinski

Bohdan Sobiesiak

Henryk Szletyński

Elderly Man (uncredited)