Forgotten Love (film)

Forgotten Love (, translated as "The Quack") is a 2023 Polish 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. This is the third film adaptation of Dołęga-Mostowicz's novel; the previous ones were created in 1937 and 1981. The film was produced by Netflix. It premiered September 27, 2023, on Neflix, and on September 20-25, 2023, at pre-premiere screenings in Toruń, Krasnystaw, Wałbrzych, Kalisz, Lidzbark Warmiński and Stargard in Poland. Plot Forgotten Love is a universal story taking place during the interwar period about a respected surgeon professor Rafal Wilczur, who is at the peak of his successful medical career when his wife unexpectedly leaves him, taking with her his beloved daughter Marysia. Abandoned by his wife, he falls victim to a mugging and as a result of head injuries loses his memory. Following the mugging he is presumed dead, but resurfaces 15 years later in the countryside, no longer aware of his identity with complete loss of memory. However, even after years of amnesia, professor Wilczur has some intermittent memories of his daughter and is able to practice his profession. When he crosses paths with his daughter once again, he is reminded about his love for her. Cast Leszek Lichota as prof. Rafał Wilczur aka Antoni Kosiba Maria Kowalska as Marysia, daughter of prof. Wilczur Ignacy Liss as Leszek, son of Count Czyński as Zośka Izabela Kuna as Countess Czyńska as Count Stanisław Czyński as Jerzy Dobraniecki Artur Barciś as the butler Józef Małgorzata Mikołajczak as Beata Wilczur, the professor's wife as Baron Krzeszowski Jarosław Gruda as Lesien Henryk Niebudek as Bogdan Szulc Adam Nawojczyk as Doctor Pawlicki