| Edition |
Widescreen. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1); Dolby Digital mono., NTSC. |
| Cast |
Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, Adam Pawlikowski, Bogumil Kobiela, Jan Ciecierski, Stanislaw Milski, Artur Mlodnicki, Halina Kwiatkowska, Ignacy Machowski, Zbigniew Skowronski, Barbara Kfrafftówna, Aleksander Sewruk, Adolf Chronicki. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Jerzy Wójcik ; camera, Krzysztof Winiewicz, Wieslaw Zdort, Zygmunt Krusznicki, Jerzy Szurowski, Bogdan Myslinski ; editor, Halina Nawrocka ; music conductor, Filip Nowak. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by Jerzy Andrzejewski. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1958. |
| Summary |
Maciek is a young Resistance fighter who is ordered to kill Szczuka, a Communist district leader, on the last day of World War II. The Soviet leader who has arrived in town to establish a new government. A mistake leads him to a beautiful barmaid who shows him what his life could be like and although killing has been easy for him in the past, Szczuka was a fellow soldier, and Maciek must decide whether to follow his orders. |
| Language |
Polish dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Local Note |
WNPLFFDVD |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Poland -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
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Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Poland -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
War films.
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Feature films.
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Foreign films.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Andrzejewski, Jerzy, 1909-1983.
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Wajda, Andrzej, 1926-2016
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Cybulski, Zbigniew, 1927-1967.
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Krzyzewski, Eva.
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Zastrzeżynski, Wacław, 1900-1959.
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Pawlikoski, Adam.
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Kobiela, Bogumil.
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Ciecierski, Jan, 1899-1987.
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Milski, Stanisław, 1897-1972.
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Mlodnicki, Artur.
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Kwiatkowska, Halina, 1921-2020
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Machowski, Ignacy, 1920-2001.
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Skowroński, Zbigniew, 1909-1985.
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Krafftówna, Barbara, 1928-
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Sewruk, Aleksander.
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Chronicki, Adolf.
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Nowak, Filip.
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Andrzejewski, Jerzy, 1909-1983
Popiół i diament.
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Zespół Filmowy KADR.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
At head of container title: Janus Films presents Essential Art House |
| ISBN |
9781604651638 |
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1604651636 |
| Standard No. |
715515046817 |
| Music No. |
EAH016 Criterion Collection |
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