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Iluminacja : Illumination /

Iluminacja follows the education of a young man from his entry into college to his final achievement of a doctorate. Paralleling his outer education, his inner education about life, family, sexuality and spiritual values is revealed. By the time he achieves his doctorate, he has been told that he ha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Latałło, Marcin, 1967- (Author, Actor, Director), Oleszczyk, Michał (Author)
Corporate Authors: Zespół Filmowy TOR, Second Run DVD (Firm)
Other Authors: Zanussi, Krzysztof, 1939- (Director, Screenwriter), Latałło, Stanisław, 1945-1974 (Actor), Dzienisiewicz-Olbrychska, Monika, 1939- (Actor), Pritulak, Małgorzata, 1947- (Actor), Skotnicki, Jan, 1933-2013 (Actor), Kilar, Wojciech
Format: Video DVD
Language:Polish
Language Notes:In Polish; with optional English subtitles.
Published: [London] : Second Run DVD, [2013]
Edition:Limited ed.
Series:Polish cinema classics ; v. 2
Subjects:
Young men > Poland > Drama.
Students > Poland > Drama.
Terminally ill > Poland > Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
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Summary:Iluminacja follows the education of a young man from his entry into college to his final achievement of a doctorate. Paralleling his outer education, his inner education about life, family, sexuality and spiritual values is revealed. By the time he achieves his doctorate, he has been told that he has a life-shortening heart disease. However, because of his two-fold education, he is fulfilled in what he has done and is not much distressed.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in Poland in 1969.
Booklet (11 pages ; ill.) with an essay by film critic Michał Oleszczyk inserted in container.
Special features (46 min.) include a newly filmed, exclusive interview with director Krzysztof Zanussi; A trace (Ṡlad), written and directed by Marcin Latałło, his acclaimed 1996 short film about his father, the lead actor in Illumination, Stanisław Latałło.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (89 min.) : sd., color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (11 pages ; 18 cm)
Format:DVD; PAL, all regions; dual layer; aspect ratio: 16:9; original mono (restored).
Audience:Rated: 15+.
Awards:Locarno International Film Festival 1973: FIPRESCI Prize (Krzystof Zanussi), Golden Leopard (Krzystof Zanussi), Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Krzystof Zanussi). Polish Film Festival 1974: Special Jury Prize (Krzystof Zanussi).
Production Credits:Photography, Edward Kłosinski ; editor, Urszula Ṡliwińska ; music, Wojciech Kilar.