| Edition |
DVD special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert. |
| Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda |
| Description |
digital optical stereo Dolby Digital 2.0 rda |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 772 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 772.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.66:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Cast |
Bogusław Linda, Tadeusz Łomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Bogusława Pawelec, Marzena Trybała, Jacek Borkowski, Jacek Sas-Uchrynowski, Adam Ferency, Irena Byrska, Monika Goździk, Zygmunt Hübner, Jerzy Stuhr, Kazimiera Nogajówna, Stefania Iwińska, Bogdan Niewinowski, Piotr Skarga, Piotr Loretz, Jacek Kaczmarski, Maciej Maciejewski, Kazimierz Jaworksi, Mirosław Siedler. |
| Credits |
Producer, Jacek Szeligowski ; director of photography, Krzysztof Pakulski ; music, Wojciech Kilar ; production designer, Rafał Waltenberger ; editor, Elżbieta Kurkowska ; costume design, Agnieszka Domaniecka ; guest singer, Jacek Kaczmarski. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1981. |
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"This is the 1981 version of the film with censored fragments restored" --Opening screens, English subtitle. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Note |
New, restored 4k digital transfer of the original uncensored film, approved by cinematographer Krzysztof Pakulski. |
| Summary |
A compelling drama about the difficulty of reconciling political ideals with personal happiness. This unforgettable film follows Witek, a medical student with an uncertain future in Communist Poland; the movie dramatizes Witek's journey as a series of different possibilities, suggesting that chance rules our lives as much as choice. First suppressed and then censored by the Polish government. |
| Note |
Special features: "Blind chance" unshelved (interview with Polish film critic Tadeusz Sobolewski discussing the film); Agnieszka Holland (interview with filmmaker Agnieszka Holland from 2003 discussing the film); Censored (nine sections from the film originally censored in Poland). Insert includes an essay by film critic Dennis Lim and a 1993 interview about the film with director Krzysztof Kieślowski. |
| Language |
In Polish with optional subtitles in English. |
| Subject |
Medical students -- Poland -- Drama.
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Poland -- Politics and government -- Drama.
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Happiness -- Drama.
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Voyeurism -- Drama.
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Infatuation -- Drama.
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Happiness. (OCoLC)fst00951160
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Infatuation. (OCoLC)fst01763490
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Medical students. (OCoLC)fst01014683
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Voyeurism. (OCoLC)fst01169342
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Poland. (OCoLC)fst01206891
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Political films.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Political films. (OCoLC)fst01710460
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| Added Author |
Kieślowski, Krzysztof, 1941-1996, film director, screenwriter.
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Szeligowski, Jacek, film producer.
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Linda, Bogusław, actor.
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Łomnicki, Tadeusz, 1927-1992, actor.
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Zapasiewicz, Zbigniew, 1934-2009, actor.
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Pawelec, Bogusława, 1954- actor.
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Trybala, Marzena, 1950- actor.
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Ferency, Adam, 1951- actor.
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Byrska, Irena, actor.
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Goździk, Monika, actor.
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Hübner, Zygmunt, actor.
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Stuhr, Jerzy, actor.
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Iwińska, Stefania, 1928-1988, actor.
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Pakulski, Krzysztof, director of photography.
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Kilar, Wojciech, composer (expression)
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Waltenberger, Rafal, production designer.
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Kurkowska, Ėlżbieta., editor of moving image work.
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Domaniecka, Agnieszka, costume designer.
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Kaczmarski, Jacek, actor, singer.
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Sobolewski, Tadeusz, 1947- interviewee (expression)
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Holland, Agnieszka, 1948- interviewee (expression)
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Lim, Dennis, 1973- writer of supplementary textual content.
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Zespół Filmowy TOR, production company.
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Film Polski, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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| Note |
Container title: Blind chance |
| ISBN |
1681430487 |
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9781681430485 |
| Standard No. |
715515156615 |
| Music No. |
CC2530D The Criterion Collection |
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