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Oct 22, 2016

1h 38m

★ 6.5

The Artist Who Opposed The Soviet Dictatorship.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Akson Studio

Telewizja Polska

EC1 Łódź

Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny

Fundacja Tumult

Cast

Bogusław Linda

Władysław Strzemiński

Bogusław Linda

Bronisława Zamachowska

Nika Strzemińska

Bronisława Zamachowska

Zofia Wichłacz

Hania

Zofia Wichłacz

Aleksandra Justa

Katarzyna Kobro

Aleksandra Justa

Krzysztof Pieczyński

Julian Przyboś

Krzysztof Pieczyński

Mariusz Bonaszewski

Madejski

Mariusz Bonaszewski

Rafał Zawierucha

Shop Assistant

Rafał Zawierucha

Jacek Beler

Jacek Beler

Filip Gurłacz

Konrad

Filip Gurłacz

Aleksander Fabisiak

Rajner

Aleksander Fabisiak

Paulina Gałązka

Wasinska

Paulina Gałązka

Irena Melcer

Jadzia

Irena Melcer

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