Before Twilight is a 2009 Polish comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 drama directed by Jacek Blawut.

The film is about a group of old retired theatre actors in a retirement home for actors who aim to regroup and stage Goethe's Faust

Goethe's Faust

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust is a tragic play in two parts: and . Although written as a closet drama, it is the play with the largest audience numbers on German-language stages...

. The film stars a number of esteemed veteran Polish actors including Irena Kwiatkowska

Irena Kwiatkowska

Irena Kwiatkowska was a popular Polish actress, known in Poland for her many cabaret roles and monologues, as well as appearances in movies and television shows....

 and Roman Klosowski, who plays Nostradamus

Nostradamus

Michel de Nostredame , usually Latinised to Nostradamus, was a French apothecary and reputed seer who published collections of prophecies that have since become famous worldwide. He is best known for his book Les Propheties , the first edition of which appeared in 1555...

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The film, produced in 2008, was released domestically on May 15, 2009, but was featured at the 2008 Polish Feature Film Festival. There it won a Silver Lion

Silver Lion

The Leone d’Argento refers to a number of awards presented at the Venice Film Festival. The Silver Lion is awarded irregularly and have gone through several changes of purpose. Until 1995, Silver Lions were infrequently awarded to a number of films as second prize for those nominated for the...

 award for director Jacek Bławut and picked up several other awards.

The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

The Göteborgs Symfoniker is an orchestra based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Founded in 1905, it was granted the title of the "National Orchestra of Sweden" in 1997...

 were invited to perform part of the soundtrack.

Cast

• Nina Andrycz as Herself
• Maria Bialkowska as Zosia
• Sonia Bohosiewicz as Malgorzata
• Stefan Burczyk as Sodolski
• Wienczyslaw Glinski as Himself
• Witold Gruca as Himself
• Lech Gwit as Henryk
• Robert Jurczyga as Czarek
• Fabian Kiebicz as Fred
• Roman Kłosowski
  Roman Kłosowski
  -Biography:A graduate of the National School of Drama in Warsaw he made his debut on stage in the play Szczęście Frania by Włodzimierz Perzyński. From 1955 he made many appearances in Warsaw Dramatic Theater...
  
   as Nostradamus
• Ewa Krasnodebska as Marilyn
• Irena Kwiatkowska
  Irena Kwiatkowska
  Irena Kwiatkowska was a popular Polish actress, known in Poland for her many cabaret roles and monologues, as well as appearances in movies and television shows....
  
   as Herself
• Bozena Mrowinska as Renata
• Jan Nowicki
  Jan Nowicki
  Jan Nowicki is a Polish actor. He has appeared in 90 films and television episodes since 1967.-Selected filmography:* Colonel Wolodyjowski * Family Life * The Hour-Glass Sanatorium * Spiral...
  
   as Jerzy
• Kazimierz Orzechowski as Himself
• Antoni Pawlicki as Student
• Zofia Perczynska as Matylda
• Marek Sitarski as Gardener Stefan
• Witold Skaruch
  Witold Skaruch
  Witold Skaruch was a Polish character actor and director. He appeared in films, television shows and miniseries from 1953 until 2009....
  
   as John
• Anna Grazyna Suchocka
• Danuta Szaflarska
  Danuta Szaflarska
  Danuta Szaflarska is a Polish screen and stage actress, often called a legend of Polish cinema...
  
   as Barbara
• Teresa Szmigielówna as Teresa
• Beata Tyszkiewicz
  Beata Tyszkiewicz
  Beata Maria Helena Tyszkiewiczówna-Kalenicka is a Polish actress.-Biography:Beata Tyszkiewicz is one of Poland’s quintessentially cinematic beauties, having worked exclusively on the big screen...
  
   as Róza
• Zofia Wilczynska as Dorota
• Bohdan Wróblewski as Tyka

The idea was to gather an all-star cast of veteran actors, including those who starred in movies or stage plays as early as before World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. Unfortunately the movie suffered from such a long pre-production phase that many of the actors already cast had passed before the shooting started, with such notable names as Leon Niemczyk

Leon Niemczyk

Leon Stanisław Niemczyk was a Polish actor.Niemczyk appeared in over 500 films and television shows over the course of his very long career...

, Gustaw Holoubek

Gustaw Holoubek

Gustaw Holoubek was a Polish actor, director, member of the Polish Sejm, and a senator.Holoubek participated in the September Campaign and was a prisoner of war during the Nazi German Occupation of Poland...

, Lidia Wysocka

Lidia Wysocka

Lidia Wysocka was a Polish stage, film and voice actress, singer, cabaret performer and creative director, theatre director and costume designer, editorialist.-Filmography:...

, Irena Malkiewicz, Zdzisław Mrożewski

Zdzisław Mrożewski

Zdzisław Mrożewski was a Polish actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1932 and 1981. He starred in the 1977 film Death of a President, which was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution.-Selected filmography:*...

. This led to major changes in the script.