
Cinema· Tilburg
Lalka
**Lalka** ("The Doll") is a classic 1890 Polish realist novel by Bolesław Prus. It tells the story of Stanisław Wokulski, a successful but melancholic businessman who falls hopelessly in love with the aristocratic Izabela Łęcka, using the novel to paint a rich portrait of Warsaw society and explore themes of class, idealism, and unfulfilled dreams in partitioned Poland.