Polish Cinema Classics - Volume II - 3-DVD Box Set ( Ziemia obiecana / Iluminacja / Ucieczka z kina 'Wolnosc' ) ( The Promised Land / The Illumination / Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema )

Polish Cinema Classics - Volume II - 3-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Ziemia obiecana / Iluminacja / Ucieczka z kina 'Wolnosc'
Alternate Title: The Promised Land / The Illumination / Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema
Screened, competed or awarded at:
European Film Awards
Moscow International Film Festival
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

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

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

Running Time:
340 min + 95 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Anamorphic Widescreen
Box Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film
Booklet
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1973 - 1990 and produced in:
Poland ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Andrzej Wajda
Krzysztof Zanussi
Wojciech Marczewski

Written By:
Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
Andrzej Wajda
Krzysztof Zanussi
Wojciech Marczewski

Actors:
Daniel Olbrychski ..... Karol Borowiecki
Wojciech Pszoniak ..... Moryc Welt
Andrzej Seweryn ..... Maks Baum
Anna Nehrebecka ..... Anka Kurowska
Tadeusz Bialoszczynski ..... Ojciec Karola - Karol's Father
Bozena Dykiel ..... Mada Müller
Franciszek Pieczka ..... Müller
Danuta Wodynska ..... Müllerowa
Marian Glinka ..... Wilhelm Müller
Andrzej Szalawski ..... Herman Bucholz
Jadwiga Andrzejewska ..... Bucholzowa
Kalina Jedrusik ..... Lucy Zuckerowa
Jerzy Nowak ..... Zucker
Stanislaw Igar ..... Grünspan
Kazimierz Opalinski ..... Ojciec Maksa, Maks' Father
Stanislaw Latallo ..... Franciszek Retman
Malgorzata Pritulak ..... Malgorzata
Monika Dzienisiewicz-Olbrychska ..... Agnieszka
Edward Zebrowski ..... Physician
Jan Skotnicki ..... Chory the Mathematician
Irena Horecka ..... Matka chorego
Jadwiga Colonna-Walewska ..... Franciszek's Mother
Wlodzimierz Zonn ..... University Dean
Wlodzimierz Zawadzki ..... Assistant
Iwo Birula-Bialynicki ..... Himself
K. Ernst ..... Franciszek's Baby Son
J. Illasiewicz ..... Robotnik w fabryce telewizorów
J. Klamerus ..... Himself
A. Korniejewska ..... Himself
Marcin Latallo ..... Himself
Andrzej Mellin ..... Kierowca faszysta
Bogdan Mielnik ..... Himself
A. Mikulski ..... Himself
T. Misztela ..... Himself
Jerzy Mycielski ..... Mezczyzna w snie Franciszka
W. Okrasa ..... Himself
Jacek Petrycki ..... Dziewczyna w snie Franciszka
Sylwester Porowski
H. Stefanska
Michal Tarkowski
Wladyslaw Tatarkiewicz
Lukasz Turski
Wladyslaw Turski
J. Vaulin
Ryszard Wachowski
Wlodzimierz Wlodarski
K. Wojciechowska
Joanna Zólkowska
Michal Bajor ..... Krytyk
Artur Barcis ..... Projectionist
Aleksander Bednarz ..... Edward
Zygmunt Bielawski ..... Doctor
Jerzy Binczycki ..... Kierownik kina
Henryk Bista ..... Comrade Janik
Monika Bolly ..... Censor's Daughter
Piotr Fronczewski ..... Sekretarz partii
Janusz Gajos ..... Cenzor
Zofia Graziewicz ..... Doctor in film 'Jutrzenka'
Jerzy Gudejko ..... Profesor
Szymon Herman ..... American Actor / Jeff Daniels Double
Wladyslaw Kowalski ..... Malgorzata
Maciej Kozlowski ..... Raskolnikow
Teresa Marczewska ..... Nurse
Maciej Orlos ..... Jurczyk
Jan Peszek ..... Secreta
Krystyna Tkacz ..... Censor's Ex-wife
Daria Trafankowska ..... Pomocnik cenzora
Krzysztof Wakulinski
Ewa Wencel
Ewa Wisniewska
Zbigniew Zamachowski

Synopsis:

A second volume of our acclaimed series. Second Run DVD proudly presents three celebrated works of Polish Cinema, now fully restored and released for the first time ever in the UK.
Andrzej Wajda PROMISED LAND (Ziemia obiecana, 1974):
Voted the best film in the history of Polish cinema in the monthly Polish magazine FILM, Wajda's Oscar-nominated epic Promised Land is a wry, incisive, shocking and elegantly realised Dickensian tale of greed, human cruelty, exploitation and betrayal.
Krzysztof Zanussi - ILLUMINATION (Iluminacja, 1973):
Zanussi's philosophical/scientific exploration of man's place in the world. Illumination serves as an idiosyncratic, engaging, and insightful fusion of science and art, precision and creativity, intellect and emotion.
Wojciech Marczewski - ESCAPE FROM 'LIBERTY' CINEMA (Ucieczka z kina 'Wolnosc', 1990):
Marczewski's engaging anti-communist satire (with shades of Keaton's Sherlock, Jr. and Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo) is a darkly comic, complex, allusive and deeply-felt examination of the nature and effects of censorship, directed by one of Poland's leading intellectual - and much censored - filmmakers.
All three films are presented in new HD digital transfers with restored picture and sound, approved by the filmmakers, and will feature newly filmed, exclusive interviews with directors Andrzej Wajda, Wojciech Marczewski and Krzysztof Zanussi.

The Promised Land (1975)
At the turn of the century, Lodz, Poland was a quick-paced manufacturing center for textiles, replete with cutthroat industrialists and unsafe working conditions. Three young friends, a Pole, a Jew and a German, pool their money together to build a factory. The movie follows their ruthless pursuit of fortune.

The Illumination (1973)
Illuminacja follows the education of a young man from his entry into college to his final achievement of a doctorate. Paralleling his outer education, his inner education about life, family, sexuality and spiritual values is revealed. By the time he achieves his doctorate, he has been told that he has a life-shortening heart disease. However, because of his two-fold education, he is fulfilled in what he has done and is not much distressed. This Polish film, by the notable director Krzysztof Zanussi, won many awards at Italian film festivals.

Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema (1990)
The film is set just before Poland's communist regime came to an end, and the central character is a provincial censor (Janusz Gajos), a tired, sloppy, lonely man, whose wife has long since left him. For him, censorship is both an art and a game, but he does not enjoy it. During the screeing of a sentimental Polish melodrama called 'Daybreak' at the Liberty cinema across the road from the censor's office, the actors start to rebel and refuse to speak their lines. This is anarchy, and when the censor is unable to control the situation, senior party officials are called in. Eventually a film critic notes that the situation reminds of 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' by Woody Allen and brings a reel of the film to demonstrate. The officials watch the film with amusement until another mix-up occurs: the second projector is turned on accidentally and superimposes 'Daybreak' over 'Purple Rose'.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 07 October, 2013.

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