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Changed the title to “Forgotten Love”
- With the original having reached the status of an annual must-watch, you can imagine what happened in Polish cultural discourse when Netflix announced that the company had chosen “The Quack” as their next Polish production – but changed the title to “Forgotten Love”.
Forgotten Love (Polish: Znachor, translated as "The Quack") is a 2023 Polish drama film directed by Michał Gazda. It is an adaptation of the novel Znachor by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz with Leszek Lichota in the main character role.
Oct 2, 2023 · Forgotten Love is based on the book Znachor (The Quack) by Polish author Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz: in that book, Rafal Wilczur doesn’t manage to get his memory back. However, the novel was so successful in Poland that the writer decided to work on a sequel.
- Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz and The Quack
- The Cult of The Quack
- Forgotten Love Makes A Comeback
Dołęga-Mostowicz was a skilled storyteller with a sensitive ear toward social problems. In his even more famous book, “The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma,”the protagonist is an uneducated simpleton, yet a cunning and stubborn opportunist, who starts as a gigolo and ultimately has a chance to become the Polish prime minister, thanks to opportune social-c...
The 1982 Polish drama directed by Jerzy Hoffman has become a cult classic in Poland. It is kind of a swan song to a magnificent decade of Polish movie productions from the 1970s that stole the hearts of the Polish baby-boomer generation. For many, an annual re-watch when it is aired during either Christmas or Easter Sunday (or both) is a must. Give...
With the original having reached the status of an annual must-watch, you can imagine what happened in Polish cultural discourse when Netflix announced that the company had chosen “The Quack” as their next Polish production – but changed the title to “Forgotten Love”. The premiere isn’t scheduled until the second half of 2023, but interest has alrea...
Sep 30, 2023 · Forgotten Love Ending: Does Rafał Get His Memory Back? Yes, Rafał gets his memory back at the end. Throughout the film, the professor suffers from amnesia induced after the attack of the goons and neither remembers his identity nor his family.
Sep 30, 2023 · Forgotten Love is Based on a Fiction Novel. The film is based on the 1937 novel ‘The Quack’ (Polish title ‘Znachor’) by Polish author Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz. Interestingly, the Netflix film is the third adaptation of the novel.
Sep 30, 2023 · Forgotten Love aka Znachor is adapted from the novel Znachor (meaning The Quack) written by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz. The movie is a story about a surgeon called Professor Rafal Wilczur who loses his memory, family and everything else after a rather violent mugging.
Sep 27, 2023 · Forgotten Love: Directed by Michal Gazda. With Leszek Lichota, Maria Kowalska, Ignacy Liss, Anna Szymanczyk. A once-respected surgeon professor Rafal Wilczur who's lost his family and his memory gets a chance at redemption when he reconnects with someone from his forgotten past who can help him find the answers he needs.
