The Wedding

35 mmOR15
Director:Andrzej Wajda
Length:102 minutes
Genre:Drama

The Wedding

Wesele; Andrzej Wajda, 1973, OV (poľ.) + ST (cz) | Filmotéka špeciál | Svadobná hostina; Andrzej Wajda, 1973, versions: OR,

Director: Andrzej Wajda • Scenario: Andrzej Kijowski • Kameraman: Witold Sobocinski • Music: Stanisław Radwan, Czeslaw Niemen • Actors: Daniel Olbrychski, Gabriela Kownacka, Malgorzata Lorentowicz, Franciszek Pieczka, Mieczyslaw Voit, Emilia Krakowska, Marek Perepeczko

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 of Poland under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past. In the end a call to arms is called but turns out to be a hoax.

Length: 102 min

Year: 1973

Country of origin:

  • Poland

Language version:

OR - Original version

Director: Andrzej Wajda • Scenario: Andrzej Kijowski • Kameraman: Witold Sobocinski • Music: Stanisław Radwan, Czeslaw Niemen • Actors: Daniel Olbrychski, Gabriela Kownacka, Malgorzata Lorentowicz, Franciszek Pieczka, Mieczyslaw Voit, Emilia Krakowska, Marek Perepeczko

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 of Poland under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past. In the end a call to arms is called but turns out to be a hoax.

Year: 1973

Country of origin:

  • Poland

Language version:

OR - Original version