''Pornografia'' is a 2003 Polish–French film directed by
Jan Jakub Kolski
Jan Jakub Kolski (born 29 January 1956) is a Polish film director, cinematographer, and writer.
Early life and career
Kolski was born in Wrocław, and comes from a family closely connected to cinema. His father, Roman Kolski, and his sister, Ewa ...
. It is based on the 1960
novel of the same name by
Witold Gombrowicz
Witold Marian Gombrowicz (August 4, 1904 – July 24, 1969) was a Polish writer and playwright. His works are characterised by deep psychological analysis, a certain sense of paradox and absurd, anti-nationalism, anti-nationalist flavor. In 1937, ...
, set in
Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.
The film touches on themes such as European society of the 1940s as a whole,
conspiracy theories
A conspiracy theory is an explanation for an event or situation that asserts the existence of a conspiracy (generally by powerful sinister groups, often political in motivation), when other explanations are more probable.Additional sources:
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,
guerrilla warfare
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, the
Nazi invasion, murder, suicide, as well as eroticism, guilt, and manipulation of youth by adults.
The score, composed by
Zygmunt Konieczny
Zygmunt Konieczny (born 3 January 1937) is a Polish composer of theatre and film music.
Early life
Konieczny spent his childhood in the village of Szczyrzyc.
Career
He debuted in the 1950s in the cabaret Piwnica pod Baranami in Kraków ...
, won the Georges Delerue Award at
Film Fest Gent
Film Fest Gent, also known as International Film Fest Gent, is an annual international film festival in Ghent, Belgium. The festival held its first edition in 1974, under the name Internationaal Filmgebeuren Gent, and has since grown into the la ...
in 2003.
Cast
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Krzysztof Majchrzak
Krzysztof Majchrzak (born 2 March 1948) is a Polish film actor. His first part in a major production was in Andrzej Wajda's '' The Promised Land'' (1975). He has appeared in 30 films since 1975. He was nominated for an award as Best Actor for h ...
as Fryderyk
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Adam Ferency
Adam Ferency (born 5 October 1951) is a Polish actor. He has appeared in more than 70 films and television shows since 1976. He starred in the 1990 film '' Burial of a Potato'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Ca ...
as Witold
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Krzysztof Globisz
Krzysztof Maria Globisz (born 16 January 1957 in Siemianowice ÅšlÄ…skie) is a Polish theatre and film actor. His best-known role is as Piotr Balicki, the newly qualified barrister whose opinion of capital punishment undergoes a radical change i ...
as Hipolit
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Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska as Maria
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Grzegorz Damiecki
Grzegorz (Polish pronunciation: ) is a Polish given name, equivalent to English ''Gregory''. Its diminutive forms include Grześ, Grzesiek, and Grzesio; augmentative – Grzechu.
Individuals named Grzegorz may choose to celebrate their name day on ...
as Waclaw Paszkowski
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Jan Frycz
Jan Frycz (; born 15 May 1954) is a film, television and stage actor. He was nominated for seven Polish Film Awards, winning three times for Best Supporting Actor in the films '' Pornografia'' (2003), '' The Welts'' (2004) and '' 25 Years of In ...
as Siemian
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Irena Laskowska
Irena Laskowska (15 March 1925 – 6 December 2019) was a Polish actress. She appeared in more than 40 films and television shows between 1948 and 2003.
Selected filmography
* '' The Last Day of Summer'' (1958)
* ''Milczące ślady
''MilczÄ ...
as Amelia
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Sandra Samos
Sandra or SANDRA may refer to:
People
* Sandra (given name)
* Sandra (singer) (born 1962), German pop singer
* Margaretha Sandra (1629–1674), Dutch soldier
* Sandra (orangutan), who won the legal right to be defined as a "non-human person"
Pla ...
as Henia
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Anna Baniowska as Weronika
* Kazimierz Mazur as Karol
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Jan Urbanski
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to:
Acronyms
* Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN
* Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code
* Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group
* Japanese Article Num ...
as Skuziak
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Magdalena Różczka as sitting loom landlady
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Henryk Niebudek as Hans
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Dariusz Toczek as German soldier
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Jerzy Chojnowski as Gustaw
References
External links
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2003 films
Polish drama films
Films directed by Jan Jakub Kolski
Georges Delerue Award winners
Films set in Poland
Films based on Polish novels
Films based on works by Witold Gombrowicz
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