Summaries

Four young men and a woman reunite on a freight train ten years after completing their medical studies. They reminisce about their shared past, when Poland was ruled by implacable Stalinism.

Censored by the Polish authorities, this movie was re-edited and new footage added. It begins with a science fiction motif: abstract images and electronic music take the viewer from ruins of Lebanon to the set of Voelker Schloendorf "The Forgery", where Skolimowski plays a lead role. Another shift takes us to London, where Skolimowski shoots a street scene. There are also shifts into the past with the old footage, featuring a score of Polish actors and actresses in a setting resembling Kantor's experimental theatre.—Polish Cinema Database <http://info.fuw.edu.pl/Filmy/>

Details

Keywords
  • student
  • polish
  • avant garde
  • stalinism
  • seventies
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Jan 20, 1985
Countries of origin Poland
Language Polish
Filming locations Poland
Production companies Przedsiebiorstwo Realizacji Filmów "Zespoly Filmowe" Syrena

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 20m
Color Color Black and White
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.66 : 1

Synopsis

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