1957, 78 min Poland
Polish with English subtitles
Direction/Reżyseria
ANDRZEJ MUNK
Script/Scenariusz
JERZY STEFAN STAWIŃSKI
Cinematography/Zdjęcia
JERZY WÓJCIK
Art Direction/Scenografia
JAN GRANDYS
Music/Muzyka
JAN KRENZ
Editing/Montaż
JADWIGA ZAJIČEK
Sound/Dźwięk
BOHDAN JANKOWSKI
Produced by/Produkcja
KADR FILM GROUP
Cast/ Obsada
Edward Dziewoński (Dzidzius Gorkiewicz), Barbara Połomska (Zosia, Dzidzius’ Wife), Ignacy Machowski (Major Grzmot), Leon Niemczyk (Istvan Kolya), Kazimierz Opaliński (Commander of Mokotow), Zofia Czerwińska (Lola), Kazimierz Rudzki (Lt. Turek), Henryk Bąk (LT. Krygier), Mariusz Dmochowski (Lt. Korwin-Makowski), Roman Kłosowski (Lt. Szpakowski), Bogumił Kobiela (Lt. Dabecki), Józef Kostecki (Lt. Zak), Tadeusz Łomnicki (Lt. Zawistowski), Józef Nowak (Lt. Kurzawa), Wojciech Siemion (Lt. Marianek), Tadeusz Janczar (Andrzej), Witold Pyrkosz (Musician Kardas), Roman Polanski (Caroler)
This film, divided into two segments, examines what it means to be a hero. Set during World War II, the first segment follows a man forced to become a soldier during the Warsaw Uprising. In the second segment, a soldier tries to escape from a POW camp. While it is unclear whether or not he succeeded, the attempt inspires the other prisoners.
ANDRZEJ MUNK
Born in Cracow in 1921, died in 1961. Film director, screenwriter. Studied Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology. Graduate of the National Film School in Łódź (1951). Work as a cameraman for Polish Newsreel. In 1948 joined Polish Worker’s Party, but in 1952 was expelled for his “blameworthy behavior”. He was one of the most influential film artists in Poland of the post-Stalinist period. His feature films are considered classics of the Polish Film School developed in the mid-50s. He died in a car crash before his 40th birthday while returning from Auschwitz concentration camp where he was shooting “Passenger”. Since 1965, the National Film School in Łódź awards the best debut with the Andrzej Munk Film Award.
Filmography
1963 Passenger (Pasażerka) – completed by Witold Lesiewicz
1960 Bad Luck (Zezowate szczęście)
1957 Eroica
1956 Man on the Tracks (Człowiek na torze)
1955 Blue Cross (Błękitny krzyż)
Gallery Theatre November 14 at 3:00 pm.
