Innocent Sorcerers ( Niewinni czarodzieje )

Innocent Sorcerers (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Niewinni czarodzieje
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Polish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
84 min + 20 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1960 and produced in:
Poland ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Andrzej Wajda

Written By:
Jerzy Andrzejewski
Jerzy Skolimowski

Actors:
Tadeusz Lomnicki ..... Bazyli
Krystyna Stypulkowska ..... Pelagia
Wanda Koczeska ..... Mirka
Kalina Jedrusik ..... Journalist
Teresa Szmigielówna ..... Nurse Teresa
Zbigniew Cybulski ..... Edmund
Roman Polanski ..... Dudzio
Andrzej Nowakowski ..... Musician
Andrzej Gawronski

Synopsis:

Following his renowned War Trilogy, Andrzej Wajda made this provocative film from a script co-written by Jerzy Skolimowski (Deep End). A commentary on the lives of young people who grew up in the new, post-war communist Poland, Wajda chronicles a bohemian milieu of motor-scooters, love, sex and jazz with great vitality and humour. The rebellion the film depicts is social and moral, not political - and the film angered both Communist and Church authorities by showing its young characters' explicit rejection of any ideological affinity. With an outstanding cast headed by Tadeusz Lomnicki and including Polish superstar Zbigniew Cybulski and a young Roman Polanski in one of his earliest acting roles, this is a key film in its director's output - and one that has substantially grown in stature over time.

A neglected masterpiece by Andrzej Wajda, reflective of the best of 1960s Polish cinema. Wry and cynical in tone, the work is important for being 'the first film in Eastern Europe to chronicle the disillusionment of the younger generation' (San Francisco Chronicle). A bachelor doctor, who is also a jazz musician, can't quite commit himself to his superficial girlfriend. He and his aimless friends find any kind of human contact or emotional commitment a troubling and ultimately uninviting prospect. With Tadeusz Lomnicki, Zbigniew Cybulski, and a young Roman Polanski.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 14 October, 2012.

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