
Overview
Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past.
Year 1973
Studio Zespół Filmowy "X"
Director Andrzej Wajda
Crew Andrzej Wajda (Director), Stanisław Radwan (Original Music Composer), Krystyna Zachwatowicz (Costume Design), Halina Prugar-Ketling (Editor), Witold Sobociński (Director of Photography), Czesław Niemen (Original Music Composer)
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Language Polski