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Release DateOctober 22, 2016
Runtime1h 38m
StatusReleased
ProductionAkson Studio, Telewizja Polska + 3 more
LanguagesItalian, Polish
6.5
84 votes
Popularity2

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"The Artist Who Opposed The Soviet Dictatorship."

Synopsis

In 1945, as Stalin sets his hands over Poland, famous painter Wladislaw Strzeminski refuses to compromise on his art with the doctrines of social realism. Persecuted, expelled from his chair at the University, he's eventually erased from the museums' walls. With the help of some of his students, he starts fighting against the Party and becomes the symbol of an artistic resistance against intellectual tyranny.

Cast & Crew

Director

Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Wajda

Featured Cast

Bogusław Linda

Bogusław Linda

Władysław Strzemiński

Bronisława Zamachowska

Bronisława Zamachowska

Nika Strzemińska

Zofia Wichłacz

Zofia Wichłacz

Hania

Aleksandra Justa

Aleksandra Justa

Katarzyna Kobro

Krzysztof Pieczyński

Krzysztof Pieczyński

Julian Przyboś

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