- Description
- Cast and crew
- Duration: 82’
- Genre: DRAMA
- Resolution: SD
- Year: 1976
Krzysztof Kieślowski was a documentary and feature film director, a
graduate of the Łódź Film School and a winner of numerous Polish and
international awards for his films including the Oscar nomination, Cesar, Felix
and many others. He was a honorary member of the British Film Insitute and a
member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars). His most
famous films: The Decalogue (1988), La double vie de Veronique (1991) and Trois
Couleurs. Bleu. Blanc. Rouge (1993-1994).
The main character of the movie is Antoni Gralak – a physical worker with a
criminal past. When the man leaves prison, there is nobody there waiting for
him. There is no place for him in his family, even his girlfriend is no longer
interested in him.
In order to make a new start he lands a job at a local construction site.
Soon after Antoni starts a relationship with a girl who had showed interest in
his affairs while he was in prison. They fall in love and have a baby together.
When everything starts going his way and he reaches some kind of stability with
a family and a steady job, there is a theft at the construction site. The
corrupted foreman starts accusing the man as well as other workers. Soon
afterwards a strike breaks out, Antoni’s colleagues are mistrustful of the man,
they suspect that he is reporting on them to the foreman.
- Directed by: Krzysztof Kieślowski
Starring
- Jerzy Stuhr
- Danuta Ruksza
- Michał Sulkiewicz
- Izabella Olszewska
- Elżbieta Karkoszka
- Jerzy Trela