Krzysztof Kieslowski Collection - 5-DVD Box Set ( Blizna / Amator / Przypadek / Bez konca / I'm So-So... ) ( The Scar / Camera Buff / No End / Blind Chance / I'm So-So... )

Krzysztof Kieslowski Collection - 5-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Blizna / Amator / Przypadek / Bez konca / I'm So-So...
Alternate Title: The Scar / Camera Buff / No End / Blind Chance / I'm So-So...
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Moscow International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Polish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
432 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Short Film

Movie filmed in 1976-1995 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Poland ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Krzysztof Kieslowski

Written By:
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Romualda Karasi

Actors:
Franciszek Pieczka ..... Stefan Bednarz
Mariusz Dmochowski ..... Bednarz's assistant
Jerzy Stuhr ..... Minister
Jan Skotnicki ..... TV editor
Stanislaw Igar ..... Bednarz's Wife
Stanislaw Michalski ..... Bednarz's Daughter
Michal Tarkowski ..... Secretary (as A. Holland)
Andrzej Skupien
Halina Winiarska
Joanna Orzeszkowska
Jadwiga Bryniarska
Agnieszka Holland
Malgorzata Lesniewska
Asia Lamtiugina
Ryszard Bacciarelli
Jerzy Stuhr ..... Filip Mosz
Malgorzata Zabkowska ..... Irka Mosz
Ewa Pokas ..... Anna Wlodarczyk
Stefan Czyzewski ..... Director
Jerzy Nowak ..... Osuch
Tadeusz Bradecki ..... Witek
Marek Litewka ..... Piotrek Krawczyk
Boguslaw Sobczuk ..... Kedzierski
Krzysztof Zanussi ..... Himself
Antonina Barczewska ..... Katarzyna
Alicja Bienicewicz ..... Jaska
Jolanta Brzezinska ..... Wawrzyniec's Wife
Tadeusz Huk ..... Doctor on Duty
Andrzej Jurga ..... Himself
Aleksandra Kisielewska ..... Hania
Wlodzimierz Maciudzinski ..... Stelmaszczyk
Tadeusz Rzepka ..... Wawrzyniec
Roman Stankiewicz ..... Czeslaw
Feliks Szajnert ..... Doctor
Teresa Szmigielówna ..... Herself
Andrzej Warchal ..... TV editor
Danuta Wiercinska ..... Grazyna (as D. Wiercinska)
Boguslaw Linda ..... Witek
Tadeusz Lomnicki ..... 1. Werner
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz ..... 1. Adam
Boguslawa Pawelec ..... 1. Czuszka
Marzena Trybala ..... 2. Werka
Jacek Borkowski ..... 2. Marek
Jacek Sas-Uhrynowski ..... 2. Daniel
Adam Ferency ..... 2. Ksiadz
Monika Gozdzik ..... 3. Olga
Zygmunt Hübner ..... 3. Dzirkan
Irena Byrska ..... 3. Ciotka
Grazyna Szapolowska ..... Urszula Zyro
Maria Pakulnis ..... Joanna Stach
Aleksander Bardini ..... Lawyer Mieczyslaw Labrador
Jerzy Radziwilowicz ..... Antek Zyro
Artur Barcis ..... Darek Stach
Michal Bajor ..... Miecio (aplikant)
Marek Kondrat ..... Tomek, Antek's friend
Tadeusz Bradecki ..... Hipnotyzator
Danny Webb ..... American (as Daniel Webb)
Krzysztof Krzeminski ..... Jacek Zyro
Marzena Trybala ..... Marta Duraj
Adam Ferency ..... Rumcajs
Elzbieta Kilarska ..... Antoni's Mother
Jerzy Kamas ..... Judge Biedron
Hanna Dunowska ..... Justyna
Krzysztof Kieslowski ..... Himself

Synopsis:

The Scar (1976)

Depicting the shifting fortunes of a rural factory project, Kieslowski's feature film debut combines social critique with rich personal characterizations, pitting community against government, environment against industry and ambition against responsibility in a sprawling, Altmanesque human tapestry of greed, petty conspiracy and self-righteousness.

Camera Buff (1979)

"Suffused with Kieslowski's dry wit and intelligence" (The Chicago Reader), this acclaimed tragicomedy about a documentary maker who chooses the lure of moving images over the people that love him was a watershed in Kieslowski's transition from documentary to fiction filmmaking.

No End (1985)

Seen as the predecessor to Kieslowski's Three Colours Blue (1993), No End also focuses on the story of a woman coping with the sudden death of her husband. But while BLUE focuses on the psychology of grief and loss, No End exemplifies Kieslowski's career-long interest in the intersection between passion and social politics.

Blind Chance (1987)

A film that has profoundly influenced cinematic storytelling for nearly two decades, Kieslowski blends his trademark passion for character and poetic imagery with a boldly novelistic narrative conceit, the life-guiding intersection of fate, coincidence and choice.

I'm So So (1995)

A remarkable, intimate portrait of the great director featuring Kieslowski's recollections of his life and films, this compelling documentary was completed just a couple of years before the Polish filmmaker's untimely death.

The Scar (1976)

1970. After discussions and dishonest negotiations, a decision is taken as to where a large new chemical factory is to be built and Bednarz, an honest Party man, is put in charge of the construction. He used to live in the small town where the factory is to be built, his wife used to be a Party activist there, and he has unpleasant memories of it. But he sets to the task in the belief that he will build a place where people will live and work well. His intentions and convictions, however, conflict with those of the townspeople who are primarily concerned with their short-term needs. Disillusioned, Bednarz gives up his post.

Camera Buff (1979)

Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.

No End (1985)

It's 1982: Poland is under martial law, and Solidarity is banned. Ulla, a translator working on Orwell, suddenly loses her husband, Antek, an attorney. She is possessed by her grief, and Antek continues to appear to her. She seeks to free herself in her work, in her relationship with her son, in sex, and in hypnosis. In a subplot, Ulla refers the wife of one of her husband's clients Darek, a jailed Solidarity strike organizer to Labrador, a world-weary, aging attorney, who works to free Darek by various political manipulations and psychological ploys.

Blind Chance (1987)

Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.

I'm So So (1995)

Wowed by the Three Colors Trilogy or The Decalogue? Here's a glimpse at their reclusive director, Polish-born Krzysztof Kieslowski, who gave up filmmaking right around the time this documentary was filmed and died less than a year later, in March 1996. Kieslowski is probably best known in the U.S. for THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE, RED, WHITE, and BLUE, as well as his ambitious Decalogue, short films inspired by the ten commandments. Kieslowski was interviewed over the course of several days in 1995 by Krzysztof Wierzbicki, his assistant director. Kieslowski emerges as pretty much what you'd expect from his pensive, pessimistic and unapologetically philosophical films. And he's probably more forthcoming than usual, given that he's being filmed in a safe cocoon by a familiar collaborator. Wierzbicki's oddest conceit is to solicit opinions about Kieslowski from a clairvoyant, a graphologist, a doctor, a psychotherapist and a priest. But their pronouncements on his character aren't as revealing as his own, which elucidate the link in his work between the mystic and the quotidian, the humanist and the nihilist.

1970. After discussions and dishonest negotiations, a decision is taken as to where a large new chemical factory is to be built and Bednarz, an honest Party man, is put in charge of the construction. He used to live in the small town where the factory is to be built, his wife used to be a Party activist there, and he has unpleasant memories of it. But he sets to the task in the belief that he will build a place where people will live and work well. His intentions and convictions, however, conflict with those of the townspeople who are primarily concerned with their short-term needs. Disillusioned, Bednarz gives up his post.

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