Cycle
From 28.02. To 19.03.2009.
Program of Andrzej Wajda’s films
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Films in cycle
A Generation
(Pokolenie, 1955)
Directed by: Andrzej Wajda
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jerzy Lipman
Synopsis:
Wajda’s first feature film shows how a generation grew up under the Nazi occupation of Poland. Stach Mazur is a young man who works as an apprentice in a store. His co-worker explains him the basics of Marxism, and when he meets the lovely and determined leader of the youth resistance, Dorota, Stach falls in love and joins the resistance.
35 mm, b/w, 83 min
PROJECTION:
Monday 02.03.2009 AT 21:00
Saturday 28.02.2009 AT 19:00
Canal
(Kanal, 1957)
Directed by: Andrzej Wajda
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jerzy Lipman
Synopsis:
This is a symbolical representation of hell set in Poland during the Warsaw uprising in 1944, which was ruthlessly suppressed by the Germans. Lieutenant Zadra receives an order to hide his men in the town’s sewers. However, his desperate attempt to avoid the madness of war results in even greater tragedy and suffering. In a claustrophobic space, director Wajda interweaves a series of personal dramas with the agony of the whole town.
35 mm, b/w, 95 min
PROJECTION:
Monday 02.03.2009 AT 19:00
Saturday 28.02.2009 AT 21:00
Samson
(1961)
Directed by: Andrzej Wajda
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jerzy Wójcik
Synopsis:
The story takes place in Warsaw during WW II. The hero is Jakub Gold, a Jew, sentenced to ten years in jail for manslaughter by negligence. During the bombardment of the city the inmates are released from prison and Jakub is sent to the Ghetto. There he collects dead bodies off the streets so that they can be buried in accordance with Jewish tradition. After one such ceremony, Jakub escapes from the Ghetto.
35 mm, b/w, 117 min
PROJECTION:
Friday 06.03.2009 AT 21:00
Tuesday 03.03.2009 AT 19:00
Love at Twenty
(L' amour a vingt ans, 1962)
Directed by: Andrzej Wajda
PHOTOGRAPHY: Raoul Coutard (segment "Antoine i Colette"), Jerzy Lipman (segment "Varšava"), Mario Montuori, Shigeo Murata, Wolf Wirth
Synopsis:
This omnibus (directors: Shintarô Ishihara, Marcel Ophüls, Renzo Rossellini, François Truffaut (segment "Antoine et Colette"), Andrzej Wajda (segment "Warsaw") deals with different aspects of love. François Truffaut tells a story about the innocent love between a young man and an older woman; Renzo Rossellini explores a relationship between a harsh lover and her partner; Shintarô Ishihara shows the violent side of love; Marcel Ophüls talks about responsibility and Andrzej Wajda reveals a courage...
35 mm, b/w, 120 min
PROJECTION:
Friday 06.03.2009 AT 19:00
Tuesday 03.03.2009 AT 21:00
Katyn
(Poland, 2007)
Directed by: Andrzej Wajda
PHOTOGRAPHY: Pawel Edelman
Synopsis:
In this film Wajda speaks openly about the massacre in Katyn that took place in the 1940’s when the soviet police murdered more than fourteen thousand Polish war prisoners. The focus of the story is on four polish families whose lives were heavily influenced by this event. Besides winning many awards and nominations, this film was the Polish candidate for an Oscar in 2008.
digital, color, 118 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 05.03.2009 AT 21:30
Wednesday 04.03.2009 AT 20:00
Man of Marble
(Czlowiek z marmuru, 1977)
Directed by: Andrzej Wajda
PHOTOGRAPHY: Edward Klosinski
Synopsis:
Agnieszka is a young student of film directing who is currently researching a documentary about the mason Birkut for her thesis. He was a working class hero of the 1950’s who disappeared without a trace. During her research and discussions withhis friends, wife and director of the documentary, she slowly finds out the reality about the hero’s true life and his public image that certain people created. After the myth and propaganda make room for the unpleasant truth, Agnieszka has a c...
35 mm, b/w and color, 165 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 19.03.2009 AT 18:30
Saturday 07.03.2009 AT 18:30
Man of Iron
(Czlowiek z zelaza, 1981)
Directed by: Andrzej Wajda
PHOTOGRAPHY: Edward Klosinski
Synopsis:
In the sequel to Man of marble we follow the story of Maciej Tomczyk, Birkut’s son. Winkel, a radio reporter and an alcoholic, receives an assignment to investigate Tomczyk. His goal is to discredit not only Tomczyk but also the movement Solidarnost, of which he is a member. The media will once again play a crucial role in the conflict between the labor union leaders and the ruling communist politicians.
35 mm, b/w and color, 153 min
PROJECTION:
Monday 16.03.2009 AT 18:30
Saturday 07.03.2009 AT 21:00
Siberian Lady Macbeth
(1961)
Directed by: Andrzej Wajda
PHOTOGRAPHY: Aleksandar Sekulović
Synopsis:
Wajda’s first project abroad is based on a novel by Nikolaj Leskov from 1865 and the opera by Dmitrij Šostakovič (Ledi Magbet mcenskog okruga, 1934). The story takes place in imperial Russia. While her husband is away on a trip, Katarina has an affair with a peasant named Sergej. After Katarina’s father in law discovers the betrayal, the two lovers poison him and devise a plan to get rid of the husband as well…