The Eighth Day of the Week

Osmy dzień tygodnia, feature film, 1958

DIRECTED BY: Aleksander Ford

The Eighth Day of the Week

CAST:
Sonja Ziemann (Agnieszka Walicka),
Zbigniew Cybulski (Piotr Terlecki),
Barbara Polomska (Ela),
Ilse Steppat (Walicka)

SCRIPT:
Aleksander Ford (prema priči Mareka Hlaske)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Jerzy Lipman,
Igor Oberberg

Synopsis:
This is a film adaptation of Marek Hlaska’s short story, made in 1958 when the writer emigrated from Poland due to his disagreement with the political climate of his home country. This pessimistic film, which follows the life of a poor young couple in Warsaw, was censored for a long time and was first shown in 1983.

35 mm, color, 83 min