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The Lilpop Sisters and Their Loves
A New Film by Bozena Garus Hockuba
Sunday, November 12 at 3 PM
“The Lilpop Sisters and Their Loves,” a new film by Polish director Bozena Garus Hockuba, will be shown Sunday, November 12 at 3 PM at the Kosciuszko Foundation. The film will have its premiere at the 2006 Chicago Polish Film Festival later in November, but this is a chance for a preview. Ninety minutes in length, the film is in Polish with English subtitles. The film maker, Ms. Garus Hockuba, will be present to introduce and discuss her work. Tickets are $10; as space is limited, reservations are requested and can be made by calling the Foundation Office at 212.734-2130.

The four Lilpop sisters - Halina, Felicja, Aniela, and Maria - were exceptional women from an aristocratic Warsaw family, whose circle included internationally renowned musicians, writers, and artists, and the film examines their loves and relationships. The first part, Bohemia, evokes the atmosphere of prewar Polish intelligentsia, and the Lilpop family home on Aleja Roz. The second part, Exodus, depicts life outside Poland, the turbulence and difficulties of life abroad during the war. Finally, No Return presents the Polish community in the United States and Great Britain, and the efforts of the Lilpop sisters within emigrant organizations.

The film also uses amateur films made by Artur Rodzinski, New York Philharmonic conductor and husband of Halina Lilpop; these films, over a 30 year span, record family scenes and meetings with world music celebrities including Szymanowski, Gershwin, Stokowski, and numerous others.

For additional information, please call the Kosciuszko Foundation Office at 212.734-2130.

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Kosciuszko Foundation programs are supported by the The Anne Felicya Cierpik Fund, the Mary Koons Charitable Trust, and the Kosciuszko Foundation Cultural Fund. 

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“The Lilpop Sisters and Their Loves,” a new film by Polish director Bozena Garus Hockuba