Article Archive for September 2008
Interogation (Przesłuchanie)
1982, Poland, Ryszard Bugajski
Based on a true story reflecting the Stalinist terror of the early 1950s, Ryszard Bugajski’s harrowing film was banned under martial law in Poland and only became available after the director smuggled …
Man of Iron (Czlowiek z zelaza)
1981, Poland, Andrzej Wajda
Fictionalized documentary capture’s rise of Poland’s Solidarity movement. Viewers interested in the human stories that make up history will be intrigued by this portrait of a government reporter covering events.
It depicts the …
Man of Marble (Czlowiek z marmuru)
1976, Poland, Andrzej Wajda
Wajda explores the world of propaganda film, the glorification of the worker, and the reality that lies behind it. Birkut (played with total conviction by Jerzy Radzwilowicz) is built up as a …
