Argument About Basia

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Title Argument About Basia
Author Kornel Makuszyński
Original title Awantura o Basię
Country Poland
Language Polish
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher
Released
Media type Print (Hardback)

Argument About Basia (Polish: Awantura o Basię) is a Polish novel by Kornel Makuszyński. It was filmed twice - in 1959 and 1995 (this time, also with a mini-series released in 1997).

The book tells the story of a little girl, Basia, sent by train alone after her mother's death. When a piece of paper with an address of Basia's family is destroyed, Basia is taken by an actor who managed to read the address and takes the girl there. But he turns out to be wrong ...

[edit] 1959 version

Black and white movie directed by Maria Kaniewska starred :

Małgorzata Piekarska as Basia
Jerzy Duszyński as Mr Olszowski
Ewa Krasnodębska as Miss Olszańska
Roman Niewiarowicz as Walicki
Mieczysław Gajda as Szot
and others

[edit] 1995 version

Starring :

Agata Marciniak as little Basia
Paulina Tworzyańska as teenage Basia
Piotr Fronczewski as Mr Olszowski
Maria Gładkowska as Miss Olszańska
Andrzej Szczepkowski as Walicki
Jan Jankowski as Szot
and others

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