KRONIKA WYPADKÓW
MILOSHYCH / A CHRONICLE OF AMOROUS ACCIDENTS
Poland 1985
Director: Andrzej Wajda, 120 MIN
This was the first film that Wajda – after years of working outside
his country – was able to realize in Poland. The source material,
a novel by Tadeusz Konwicki, one of Poland’s most influential postwar-authors,
allowed Wajda to unite all of his thematic preferences. Poland, 1939.
In a small village, Jews and Christians, Poles, Germans and Russians live
together in peace. The film tells of a circle of young people during a
harmonious summer – never anticipating the catastrophe the fall
will bring. To quote the film: “Yes, the country of my childhood
is no more. It only lives in me, and with me it will turn to ashes in
some unforeseen, rapidly approaching hour.”
Caligari: 11.04. / 1.30 p.m.
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