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MISTRZ / THE MASTER
DIRECTOR: PIOTR TRZASKALSKI
POLAND, GERMANY 2005

110 MIN / 35MM, COLOR, POL./RUSS. OV w. engl. ST

Caligari: 09.04. / 5.30 pm
Alpha: 10.04. / 2.00 pm

DIRECTOR:
Piotr Trzaskalski

SCREENPLAY:
Piotr Trzaskalski
Wojciech Lepianka

CAMERA:
Piotr Sliskowski

ART DIRECTOR:
Wojciech Zogala

EDITOR:
Cezary Kowalczuk

MUSIC:
Wojciech Lemanski

PRODUCER:
Piotr Dzieciol
Lukasz Dzieciol

CAST:
Konstantin Lawronienko
Jacek Braciak
Monika Buchowiec
Teresa Branna
Aurelia Georges

PRODUCTION:
Opus Film, Lodz
Tel.: 0048 - 42 / 634 55 00
Fax: 0048 - 42 / 634 55 49
e-mail: opus@opusfilm.com

CO-PRODUKTION / CO-PRODUCTION:
Peter Rommel Productions, Berlin
Tel.: 0049 - 30 / 693 70 78
Fax: 0048 - 30 / 692 95 75
e-mail: p.rommel@t-online.de

IN COOPERATION WITH:
ZDF / Arte

DISTRIBUTION:
mdc int. film & media distribution, Berlin
Tel.: 0049 - 30 / 264 979 00
Fax: 0049 - 30 / 264 979 10
e-mail: info@mdc-int.de

A Russian knife-thrower gets thrown out of the circus after he gets drunk and lets the animals out of their cages. And so Alexander, 45-years-old and known as the “Master”, starts up his old van and takes to the road. During a stop he is joined by a young prostitute he saves from being raped, and later gives a lift to an accordion player as well. The threesome now tour through the Polish villages with a variety show, interrupted occasionally by the cynical and embittered Alexander’s alcoholic binges. Their destination is Paris, where Alexander thinks his art will be appreciated. During a show in a small town he meets and falls in love with another woman. When she tells him that she’s pregnant, he is stunned. And disappears without trace...
MISTRZ is a road movie in whose course the protagonists gradually open up and reveal the dark secrets that subconsciously influence their lives. With a serene rhythm and metaphorical images, this second film by Piotr Trzaskalski, whose EDI was one of the goEast Highlights in 2003, portrays a loner for whom such intimacy is a new and difficult experience. We see people battered by love and saying goodbye to their dreams, but also the process of art in the making. Konstantin Lavronenko, the Russian actor who came to notice in Andrej Svjagincev’s VOZVRASCENJE / THE RETURN is compelling in the role of knife-thrower Alexander.


 
           
  PIOTR TRZASKALSKI  

PIOTR TRZASKALSKI
Born on 5.2.1964 in 1964 in Lodz, Poland.
In 1989 Piotr Trzaskalski graduated from the Lodz University in cultural studies and studied then directing at Lodz Film School and at the Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. Since 1992 he has been working for Polish television. His work includes documentaries, TV shows, video clips and commercials. EDI, his first long feature film, won several national and international prizes. MISTRZ is his second feature film.

FILMOGRAPHY (FEATURE FILMS):
2002 Edi / Edi
2005 Mistrz / The Master

   
         
         
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