Marta Flantz
Marta Flantz, 1934
Born 1885 Died 1938 Occupation(s) Actress, director
Marta Flantz , also spelled Flanz [1] (1885 – 1938) was a Polish German-speaking actress and film director. She was among the first women in Poland to direct a feature film.
Biography
Cover of a leaflet promoting The Morality of Mrs. Dulska with Flantz at the fore
Marta Flantz was born in 1885.[2] She studied acting in Vienna with Max Reinhardt ;[3] she acted in German.[2] Flantz was married to the film director Bolesław Land.[4] [5] Together with Nina Niovilla ,[2] [6] Stanisława Perzanowska (co-director of Jego wielka miłość ; 1936)[6] and Wanda Jakubowska , she was one of four women who directed full-length feature films in the interwar Poland .[2] [6]
In 1929,[7] Flantz played the title role in The Morality of Mrs. Dulska (1930) – the first Polish sound film, an adaptation of Gabriela Zapolska's play with the same title .[3] Flantz was also a co-director of the sound scenes.[7] Because she played in German, her role was dubbed.[2] [4] Her acting received favorable reviews.[7]
In the 1930s, Flantz joined the Leo-Film production company ran by Maria Hirszbein .[8] Flantz, together with Bolesław Land, wrote the screenplay for Prokurator Alicja Horn (1933), based on the novel by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz . Flantz also directed the film together with Michał Waszyński .[9] Two years later, she was the sole director of the romantic comedy Kochaj tylko mnie produced by Leo-Film. The main roles were played by: the debutante Lidia Wysocka , Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski , Michał Znicz , Witold Zacharewicz and Helena Grossówna . The film followed love affairs of a theater star.[10]
Flantz died in 1938.[2]
Works
References
^ a b c d e "Marta Flantz" . FilmPolski (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-05-05 .
^ a b c d e f Stachówna, Grażyna (2003). "A Wormwood Wreath: Polish Women's Cinema". The new Polish cinema . Janina Falkowska, Marek Haltof (eds.). Trowbridge: Flick Books. pp. 99–100. ISBN 1-86236-002-2 .
^ a b Lubelski, Tadeusz (2009). Historia kina polskiego: twórcy, filmy, konteksty (in Polish). Katowice. p. 75. ISBN 978-83-7183-666-4 . OCLC 309370403 .{{cite book }}
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^ a b Haltof, Marek (2004). Kino polskie . Gdańsk: Słowo/obraz terytoria. p. 38. ISBN 83-89405-38-5 . OCLC 57678263 .
^ "Dyrektorzy Herszfinkel i Land organizują pierwszy polski dźwiękowiec". Historia kina polskiego . Tadeusz Lubelski, Konrad J. Zarębski (Wyd. 2, uzup ed.). Warszawa: Fundacja Kino. 2007. p. 30. ISBN 978-83-922850-2-1 . OCLC 164587573 . {{cite book }}
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^ a b c Tomasik, Krzysztof (2004). "Polskie reżyserki filmowe 1919-2002" . Kultura i Historia (6). ISSN 1642-9826 .
^ a b c d "MORALNOŚĆ PANI DULSKIEJ (1930)" . Nitrofilm.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-05-05 .
^ "Zasłużona placówka polskiej wytwórczości filmowej". Wiadomości Filmowe . 2 (2): 3. 1934-01-15.
^ "PROKURATOR ALICJA HORN (1933)" . Nitrofilm.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-05-05 .
^ Semilski, Jerzy (1997). "Kochaj tylko mnie". Leksykon polskich filmów fabularnych . Jan Słodowski (ed.). Warszawa: Wiedza i Życie. pp. 300–301. ISBN 83-7184-928-1 . OCLC 39283668 .