The beautiful highlander Halka falls in love with the rich nobleman Janusz and rejects the adoring highlander Jontek. However, he soon finds out that the lord's love promises cannot be trusted. This is the plot of one of the most famous Polish operas in a nutshell. Konstanty Meglicki's Halka is one of three Polish pre-war adaptations of Stanisław Moniuszko's work.
Watch the official Halka 1930 trailer in HD below.
Zorika Szymanska as Halka
Harry Cort as Janusz
Helena Zahorska as Janusz's Mother
Wlodzimierz Czerski as Jontek
Zofia Lindorfówna as Zosia
Hans Androschin Director of Photography
Ștefan Norris Production Design
Konstanty Meglicki Director
Poland 02 January 1930
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1930:
12 December 1930
Bimbo becomes a long distance accordion champ and comes through with a load of credit.
13 July 1930
Estrada, the chief government official of the region, has put a price on the head of José Savedra for causing the local people to rebel against his tax collectors.
22 May 1930
'A woman reporter is blackmailed for knowledge of freed suspect's involvement in a murder.' (British)
13 February 1930
The wealthy Rodney Langford, who dreams of going on the stage, hopes to fulfil his ambitions by buying a failing revue called 'Raise the Roof', starring Maisie Grey.
30 July 1930
André is a young attorney who has opened his own office in Paris without any success. One day he finds a will in an old book in an antique shop that reveals a hidden treasure at the castle Brignolles.
01 December 1930
Two bored couples think they can find happiness if they exchange spouses for the evening.
10 September 1930
Inspector Harry Cross is investigating a murder case with a knife throwing killer in the the seedy world of night clubs.
20 August 1930
Peter has to be married by midnight or else his inheritance goes to his uncle... Who happens to live in a "haunted house".
29 January 1930
This primarily two-set programmer has a has-been criminal lawyer, Anthony Sommers (William V. Mong) wrongly accused of murder and follows the efforts of his daughter, Molly Sommers (Dorothy Revier), a nightclub singer and two newspapers reporters, Ted Palmer (David Newell) and the inaptly-named Drinkwater (Raymond Hatton), posing as a drunk, to clear him.
18 November 1930
"A wealthy young man, through losing the bulk of his fortune, goes to Canada, where he encounters and loves the daughter of the scoundrel lawyer who has robbed him.
Have you watched Halka yet? What did you think about it?