Afterimage

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

Afterimage Trailers

Cast

Władysław Strzemiński

Bogusław Linda

Nika Strzemińska

Bronisława Zamachowska

Hania

Zofia Wichłacz

Katarzyna Kobro

Aleksandra Justa

Julian Przyboś

Krzysztof Pieczyński

Madejski

Mariusz Bonaszewski

Shop Assistant

Rafał Zawierucha

Jacek Beler

Konrad

Filip Gurłacz

Rajner

Aleksander Fabisiak

Wasinska

Paulina Gałązka

Jadzia

Irena Melcer

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