Directed by:
Jan Kidawa-BłońskiCinematography:
Zdzisław NajdaComposer:
Michal LorencCast:
Olaf Lubaszenko, Edward Linde-Lubaszenko, Boguslaw Linda, Marzena Trybala, Katarzyna Skrzynecka, Sergei Yursky, Ольга Кабо, Anna Majcher (more)Plots(1)
Ewald is called up to the Polish army. Antek, his brother, stays at home watching his beautiful sister-in-law with cow-eyed longing - until he suddenly decides to volunteer in Wehrmacht, the armed forces of Nazi Germany. When he returns home in 1945 as a secret Soviet police officer, he finally consummates his lust with Ewald’s wife, and Janek, a hunchback, is born. As the saga unfolds, Kidawa-Blonski uses the growing boy’s story to highlight the dizzying complexities leading to the development of contemporary Poland, and issues involving divided loyalty, ethnic tension, fluid political identity and opportunism reverberate throughout the narrative. (Denver International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Olaf Lubaszenko
Poland
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Korczak (1990)
A Short Film About Love (1988)
Edward Linde-Lubaszenko
Poland
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Karol : L'homme qui devint Pape (2005) (TV movie)
Przeklete oko proroka (1984)
Boguslaw Linda
Poland
Best movies:
A Lonely Woman (1981)
Sekal Has to Die (1998)
Blind Chance (1981)
Marzena Trybala
Poland
Best movies:
Korczak (1990)
Blind Chance (1981)
Three Colours: White (1994)
Katarzyna Skrzynecka
Poland
Sergei Yursky
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Mesto vstrechi izmenit nelzya (1979) (series)
Lyubov i golubi (1984)
Zolotoy telyonok (1968)
Ольга Кабо
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Anna Majcher
Poland
Best movies:
Return to Legoland (2021)
With Fire and Sword (1999)
Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes (1985)
Andrzej Grabarczyk
Poland
Best movies:
Sztuka kochania (1989)
Zabij mnie, glino (1987)
I Like Bats (1985)
Yuriy Kuznetsov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Vongozero: The Outbreak (2019)
Heart of a Dog (1988) (TV movie)
The Cold Summer of 1953 (1988)
Magdalena Wołłejko
Poland
Best movies:
The Peasants (1973)
Nights and Days (1975)
Experiment Eva (1985)
Anatoliy Slivnikov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Pavlova: A Woman for All Time (1983)
Come and See (1985)
Heart of a Dog (1988) (TV movie)
Bernard Krawczyk
Poland
Best movies:
The Pearl in the Crown (1971)
The Salt of the Black Earth (1969)
Hyena (2006)
Barbara Babilińska
Poland
Best movies:
Nothing Funny (1995)
Rozmowy kontrolowane (1991)
All That Really Matters (1992)
Jan Bógdoł
Poland
Best movies:
Wojaczek (1999)
The Pearl in the Crown (1971)
The Salt of the Black Earth (1969)
Adam Siemion
Poland
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Korczak (1990)
Popieluszko (2009)
Zoya Yuryevna Buryak
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Cold Summer of 1953 (1988)
Peculiarities of the National Hunt (1995)
The Captain's Daughter (2000)
Kazimierz Orzechowski
Poland
Best movies:
Man of Iron (1981)
The Maids of Wilko (1979)
Sztuka kochania (1989)
Anemona Knut
Poland
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
All That Really Matters (1992)
Miss Nobody (1996)