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Suspended (film)
''Suspended'' () is a 1987 Polish film directed by Waldemar Krzystek. The film tells the story of a former Home Army (AK) member who hides for several years in the cellar of the house belonging to the woman he secretly married during the war. Making clear the link between this film and Andrzej Wajda's Man of Marble, the director chose two of Wajda's actors; Krystyna Janda and Jerzy Radziwiłowicz.Marek Haltof ''Historical Dictionary of Polish Cinema'' 2015 - Page 127 1442244720 "His 1987 film about Stalinism, Suspended (W zawieszeniu, 1987), brought him critical recognition. To stress the link between his film and Andrzej Wajda's Man of Marble, Krzystek employed two of Wajda's stars: Krystyna Janda and Jerzy Radziwiłowicz. Krzystek's next two films were also political dramas." Cast * Krystyna Janda – Anna Mroczyńska * Jerzy Radziwiłowicz – Marcel Wysocki * Sława Kwaśniewska – Maria, mother of Anna * Andrzej Łapicki – doctor Ruczyński * Bogusław Linda Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldemar Krzystek
Waldemar Krzystek (born 23 November 1953) is a Polish film director and screenwriter. His film ''The Last Ferry, Ostatni prom'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. His 2008 cold war romance ''Little Moscow (film), Little Moscow'' (''Mała Moskwa''), won him a Golden Lion at the XXXIII annual Polish Film Festival. His 2011 film ''80 Million'' was selected as the Polish entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. Filmography * ''Powinowactwo'' (1984) * ''W zawieszeniu'' (1987) * ''The Last Ferry, Ostatni prom'' (1989) * ''Zwolnieni z zycia'' (1992) * ''Polska smierc'' (1995) * ''Nie ma zmiluj'' (2000) * ''Little Moscow (film), Mała Moskwa'' (2008) * ''80 Million'' (2011) * ''Fotograf (film), Fotograf '' (2014) References External links * 1953 births Living people Polish film directors Polish screenwriters People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. The territory has a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and a temperate climate. Poland is composed of Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the List of European countries by area, fifth largest EU country by area, covering . The capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk. Prehistory and protohistory of Poland, Prehistoric human activity on Polish soil dates to the Lower Paleolithic, with continuous settlement since the end of the Last Gla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Language
Polish (, , or simply , ) is a West Slavic languages, West Slavic language of the Lechitic languages, Lechitic subgroup, within the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, and is written in the Latin script. It is primarily spoken in Poland and serves as the official language of the country, as well as the language of the Polish diaspora around the world. In 2024, there were over 39.7 million Polish native speakers. It ranks as the sixth-most-spoken among languages of the European Union. Polish is subdivided into regional Dialects of Polish, dialects. It maintains strict T–V distinction pronouns, Honorifics (linguistics), honorifics, and various forms of formalities when addressing individuals. The traditional 32-letter Polish alphabet has nine additions (, , , , , , , , ) to the letters of the basic 26-letter Latin alphabet, while removing three (x, q, v). Those three letters are at times included in an extended 35-letter alphabet. The traditional set compri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home Army
The Home Army (, ; abbreviated AK) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II. The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) established in the aftermath of the German and Soviet invasions in September 1939. Over the next two years, the Home Army absorbed most of the other Polish partisans and underground forces. Its allegiance was to the Polish government-in-exile in London, and it constituted the armed wing of what came to be known as the Polish Underground State. Estimates of the Home Army's 1944 strength range between 200,000 and 600,000. The latter number made the Home Army not only Poland's largest underground resistance movement but, along with Soviet and Yugoslav partisans, one of Europe's largest World War II underground movements. The Home Army sabotaged German transports bound for the Eastern Front in the Soviet Union, destroying German supplies and tying down subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marek Haltof
Marek Haltof (Józef Marek Haltof, born 1957 in Cieszyn, Poland,) is a professor of film studies. specializing in the cultural histories of Polish and Australian film. He studied at the University of Silesia (Uniwersytet Śląski) in Poland and at Flinders University of South Australia in Adelaide. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1995 from the University of Alberta with a Ph.D. dissertation ''When Cultures Collide: The Cinema of Peter Weir''. He received his ''habilitation'' in 2001 for ''Autor i kino artystyczne. Przypadek Paula Coxa'' (Author and Art Cinema: The Case of Paul Cox) from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. For several years he has taught at universities in Canada, including the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary, and since 2001 he is a professor at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan. He is the recipient of several grants and awards, including the 2012 ''Choice'' Award for Outstanding Academic Book in Film Studies for his ''Poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Witold Wajda (; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the "Polish Film School". He was known especially for his trilogy of war films consisting of ''A Generation'' (1955), ''Kanał'' (1957) and ''Ashes and Diamonds (film), Ashes and Diamonds'' (1958). He is considered one of the world's most renowned filmmakers, whose works chronicled his native country's political and social evolution and dealt with the myths of Polish national identity offering insightful analyses of the universal element of the Polish experience – the struggle to maintain dignity under the most trying circumstances. Four of his films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: ''The Promised Land (1975 film), The Promised Land'' (1975), ''The Maids of Wilko'' (1979), ''Man of Iron'' (1981) and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man Of Marble
''Man of Marble'' () is a 1977 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It chronicles the fall from grace of a fictional heroic Polish bricklayer, Mateusz Birkut (played by Jerzy Radziwiłowicz), who became the Stakhanovite symbol of an over-achieving worker, in Nowa Huta, a new (real life) socialist city near Kraków. Agnieszka, played by Krystyna Janda in her first role, is a young filmmaker who is making her diploma film (a student graduation requirement) on Birkut, whose whereabouts seem to have been lost two decades later. The title refers to the propagandist marble statues made in Birkut's image. ''Man of Marble'' reflects director Wajda's emerging hostility to the Stalinist cultural establishment and its oppressive restrictions on artistic expression. The film's plot foretells the Lenin Shipyard strike of 1980 and the rise of the Solidarity Movement. Plot Agnieszka is a young filmmaker who is making her film thesis on Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer elevated as a hero in a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krystyna Janda
Krystyna Jolanta Janda (; born 18 December 1952) is a Polish film and theatre actress, director, and singer. She is best known internationally for playing leading roles in several films by Polish film director Andrzej Wajda, including '' Man of Marble'' (''Człowiek z marmuru'', 1976) and '' Man of Iron'' (''Człowiek z żelaza'', 1981). She is widely considered one of the most popular and successful Polish actresses of her generation and an icon of Polish cinema. In 1981, she played in the Academy Award-winning movie '' Mephisto''. In 1982, she played the lead character in Ryszard Bugajski's film '' Przesłuchanie (Interrogation)'', which first premiered seven years later in 1989, following the collapse of communism. Despite the film's late release, she garnered international acclaim for her performance, including winning Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival and Polish Film Festival in 1990. Janda is also known for her leading role in the second episode of ''Dekalog'' s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
Jerzy Radziwiłowicz (; born 8 September 1950) is a Polish film actor. He is a graduate of the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. He has appeared in 37 films since 1974. Selected filmography * '' Man of Marble'' (1977) * ''Man of Iron ''Man of Iron'' () is a 1981 film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It depicts the Solidarity labour movement and its first success in persuading the Polish government to recognize workers' right to an independent union. The film continues the story ...'' (1981) * '' Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven'' (1981) * '' Passion'' (1982) * '' Dies rigorose Leben'' (1983) * '' The Possessed'' (1988) * '' The Seventh Chamber'' (1995) * '' An Air So Pure'' (1997) * '' Secret Defense'' (1998) * '' Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease'' (2000) * '' The Story of Marie and Julien'' (2003) * '' Aftermath'' (2012) References External links * 1950 births Living people Male actors from Warsaw Polish male film actors Chevaliers of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sława Kwaśniewska
Sława (; ) is a town in Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. As of the 2019 census, Sława had a population of 4,321. It is situated on the eastern shore of Lake Sławskie. History The area was part of Poland after the creation of the state in the 10th century. Later on, as a result of the fragmentation of Poland into smaller provincial duchies, Sława initially formed part of Greater Poland before it passed to Silesia, and then to the Duchy of Głogów, where it remained ruled by the Piast dynasty until 1468. The town was mentioned in a document from 1312. Between 1871 and 1945 the town was part of Germany under the Germanized name ''Schlawa''. In 1937 it was renamed ''Schlesiersee'' during the Nazi campaign of erasing placenames of Polish origin. During World War II, the Germans operated a women's subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in the town. On 21 January 1945 the camp was dissolved and the surviving prisoners were sent on a death march towards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Łapicki
Andrzej Łapicki (11 November 1924 – 21 July 2012) was a Polish film actor, theater director and actor. He enjoyed a long career, appearing in 50 films between 1947 and 1999. Łapicki also served a term in the Sejm as a member of KO "Solidarity" after the 1989 Polish elections. Łapicki was born to Zofia (nee Fromont) and , a professor and lecturer of Roman law at the universities of Saratov and Yaroslavl. When the family left Soviet Russia in 1922, they travelled to Poland through Latvia, where Andrzej was born, and Lithuania, and later worked at the University of Warsaw and the University of Łódź. However, they maintained close contact with the part of the family that remained in Latvia and spent the summers with Łapicki's aunt in Rīgas Jūrmala. In his last years, he wrote columns in the Polish press, where he described his childhood memories from Latvia with very warm feelings. Łapicki played a large amount of roles on Polish theater stages. As an actor and di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogusław Linda
Bogusław Linda (; born 27 June 1952) is a Polish actor known from films such as ''Pigs (1992 film), Psy'' and ''Tato''. He appeared in Andrzej Wajda's ''Man of Iron'' and ''Danton (1983 film), Danton'' and in Krzysztof Kieślowski's ''Blind Chance'' and the seventh episode of Kieślowski's ''Dekalog''. He is regarded as one of the most popular Polish film actors. Biography He was born on 27 June 1952 in Toruń, where he graduated from the Secondary School of General Education. He graduated from the Secondary School in Toruń and is a graduate of the AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków, Krakow Academy of Dramatic Arts and a co-founder and lecturer at Warsaw Film School. As a student, Linda made contact with Helena Modrzejewska National Stary Theater in Kraków, Kraków's Stary Teatr. His debut was as Mikolka in Fyodor Dostoevsky's ''Crime and Punishment'', directed by Maciej Prus, 1977. From 1978 through 1981 he worked at the Wrocławski Teatr Współczesny in such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
