Canada / Sep 10, 2016 / PG / Toronto International Film Festival
The Artist Who Opposed The Soviet Dictatorship.
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
In 1945, as Stalin sets his hands over Poland, famous painter Wladislaw Strzeminski refuses to compromise on his art with the doctrines of social realism. Persecuted, expelled from his chair at the University, he's eventually erased from the museums' walls. With the help of some of his students, he starts fighting against the Party and becomes the symbol of an artistic resistance against intellectual tyranny.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Jacek Beler | |
| Filip Gurłacz | Konrad |
| Aleksander Fabisiak | Rajner |
| Paulina Gałązka | Wasinska |
| Irena Melcer | Jadzia |
| Tomasz Chodorowski | Tomek |
| Mateusz Rzeźniczak | Mateusz |
| Tomasz Włosok | Roman |
| Adrian Zaremba | Wojtek |
| Mateusz Rusin | Stefan |
| Mateusz Bieryt | Student |
| Barbara Wypych | Activist |
| Danuta Borsuk | Shop Assistant |
| Izabela Dąbrowska | Clerk |
| Anna Grzeszczak | Woman |
| Dominika Kluźniak | Teacher |
| Dorota Kolak | Clerk |
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| Henryk Niebudek | Profesor |
| Magdalena Kuta | Secretary |
| Anna Majcher | Neighbour |
| Anna Markowicz | Sokorski's Secretary |
| Nina Czerkies | Woman |
| Ewa Oksza-Łapicka | Woman |
| Małgorzata Rudzka | Cleaner |
| Maria Semotiuk | Róza Saltzman |
| Grażyna Walasek | Woman |
| Magdalena Warzecha | Museum's Worker |
| Ewa Wencel | School's Manager |
| Robert Ostolski | Militiaman |
| Jacek Beler | Militiaman |
| Mateusz Janicki | Doctor |
| Robert Latusek | Sanitary |
| Jan Pęczek | Postman |
| Jerzy Rogalski | Clerk |
| Dariusz Siastacz | Owner of Exotic |
| Mariusz Słupiński | Co-Worker |
| Adam Szyszkowski | Driver |
| Mariusz Witkowski | Man |
| Michał Włodarczyk | Militiaman |
| Gabriela Chojecka | Little Girl |
| Andrzej Konopka | Personal in PWSSP |
| Maja Kwiatkowska | Little Girl |
| Monika Mielnicka | Little Girl |
| Magdalena Żak | Little Girl |
| Szymon Bobrowski | Włodzimierz Sokorski |
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Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Powidoki |
| Original language | Polski (PL) |
| Spoken languages | Italiano, Polski |
| Production countries | Poland |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Akson Studio, Telewizja Polska, EC1 Łódź, Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny, Fundacja Tumult |
| Release date | 22 ottobre 2016 |
| Production | Michał Kwieciński |
| Writer | Andrzej Mularczyk, Andrzej Wajda |
| Casting | Ewa Brodzka |
| Editing | Grażyna Gradoń |
| Cinematography | Paweł Edelman, Zbigniew Gustowski |
| Assistant directors | Alexander Denysenko, Andrzej Wajda |
| Camera operators | Zbigniew Gustowski, Paweł Edelman |
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| Additional photography | Zbigniew Gustowski, Paweł Edelman |
| Production design | Marek Warszewski |
| Art direction | Marek Warszewski |
| Set decoration | Marek Warszewski |
| Stunts | Zyta Bujacz-Dziel |
| Music | Andrzej Panufnik, Pavel Štverák, Kacper Habisiak, Jacek Wiśniewski, Maria Chilarecka, Marcin Kasiński |
| Sound | Pavel Štverák, Andrzej Panufnik, Kacper Habisiak, Jacek Wiśniewski, Maria Chilarecka, Marcin Kasiński |
| Costume design | Katarzyna Lewińska |
| Makeup | Katarzyna Lewińska |
| Hairstyling | Katarzyna Lewińska |
Release dates
Premiere
United States / Jan 08, 2017 / Palm Springs International Film Festival
Limited release
United States / Oct 22, 2016 / Chicago International Film Festival
Theatrical release
Poland / Jan 13, 2017 / 12
France / Feb 22, 2017 / U
Greece / Apr 13, 2017
Spain / Jun 30, 2017 / 7
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Brazil / Aug 03, 2017 / 12
Slovakia / Oct 12, 2017
Italy / Jul 11, 2019 / T
Digital
Japan / Jun 10, 2017 / G
France / Jul 12, 2017 / VOD
Physical media
France / Aug 16, 2017 / DVD
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