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Tag Archives: Andrzej Seweryn
Bez znieczulenia / Without Anesthesia (1978) Andrzej Wajda, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Ewa Dalkowska, Andrzej Seweryn, Drama
A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show featuring questions and answers on a world conference by a panel of journalists. Read More »
Zemsta / The Revenge (2002) Andrzej Wajda, Roman Polanski, Janusz Gajos, Andrzej Seweryn, Comedy
A winter day at a Polish castle, half owned by a fatalistic notary and half by a volcanic old soldier’s niece. Read More »
Na srebrnym globie / On the Silver Globe (1988) Andrzej Zulawski, Andrzej Seweryn, Jerzy Trela, Grazyna Dylag, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to find freedom and start a new civilization. They do not realize that within themselves they carry the end of their own dream. They eventually die one by one, while their children revert to a primitive native culture, creating new myths and a new god. Some time later, a space bureaucrat, running from a broken heart, arrives and finds the colonizer’s descendants enslaved by bird-monsters called Cherns. Society is divided into numerous classes, and everyone is waiting for the arrival of a messiah. The newcomer is considered a suitable candidate, and for some time he lives as a god. In the end he is crucified by his people.
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