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Portrait of a young Polish nationalist assassin who, when World War II ends, finds himself living uncertainly, moving from echoing bars to seedy hotel rooms, finding comfort in a girl and crazy jokes.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Film Polski, Embassy Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Cybulski, Zbigniew, Krzyzewska, Eva, Pawlikowski, Adam, 1925-1976, Andrzejewski, Jerzy, 1909-1983, Wajda, Andrzej, 1926-2016
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Polish
Published: Los Angeles, Calif. : Embassy Home Entertainment, [1986]
Series:International collection.
Subjects:
Poland > History > Occupation, 1939-1945 > Fiction.
Foreign films.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:Portrait of a young Polish nationalist assassin who, when World War II ends, finds himself living uncertainly, moving from echoing bars to seedy hotel rooms, finding comfort in a girl and crazy jokes.
Item Description:Polish dialog with English subtitles.
Videocassette released of the 1958 motion picture.
Based on the novel of the same title by Jerzy Andrzejewski.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Audience:Polish
Awards:Venice Film Festival '59: International Film Critics Award ; British Film Critics Guild '59: Best Foreign Film.
Production Credits:Director, Andrzej Wajda ; screenplay, Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Andrzejewski ; photography, Jerzy Wojcik ; music, Filip Nowak.