UBU KRÓL
/ UBU KING
Poland 2003
Director: Piotr Szulkin, 95 MIN
Based on themes of Alfred Jarry’s drama „Ubu Roi“,
which premiered 1869 in Paris, Piotr Szulkin created a surreal take on
Poland, full of allusions to historical and modern phenomena: By manipulating
the masses and promising them prosperity, freedom and democracy, upstart
“King Ubu” manages to take power. His vulgar and brutal reign
ruins the country. Ubu surrounds himself with flatterers and – egged
on by foreign ambassadors – starts a war against czarist Russia.
After his defeat, his people oust him and his wife. Confident that he
will always fall on his feet, Ubu goes into exile…
Bambi: 09.04. / 8 p.m. |