Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema ( Ucieczka z kina 'Wolnosc' )

Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Ucieczka z kina 'Wolnosc'
Screened, competed or awarded at:
European Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Polish ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
88 min + 25 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Booklet
Remastered

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

Directed By:
Wojciech Marczewski

Written By:
Wojciech Marczewski

Actors:
Janusz Gajos ..... Censor Rabkiewicz
Zbigniew Zamachowski ..... Assistant to the Censor
Teresa Marczewska ..... Malgorzata
Piotr Fronczewski ..... Communist Party Secretary
Wladyslaw Kowalski ..... Actor Tadeusz Playing Professor
Michal Bajor ..... Film Critic
Jan Peszek ..... Raskolnikov
Jerzy Binczycki ..... Cinema Manager Karwanski
Artur Barcis ..... Projectionist Krzysio
Maciej Kozlowski ..... American Actor
Henryk Bista ..... Janik
Ewa Wencel ..... Censor's Secretary
Krzysztof Wakulinski ..... Jerzy
Zofia Graziewicz ..... Ticket Control at the Cinema
Aleksander Bednarz ..... Edward

Synopsis:

Marczewski s anti-totalitarian satire is a darkly comic examination of censorship. Adapting the premise of Woody Allen s The Purple Rose of Cairo to late 1980s Poland, the film centres on a provincial film censor who is horrified to discover that the actors in a trite romantic weepie are refusing to perform their roles. With shades also of Keaton s Sherlock, Jr. and Bulgakov s The Master and Margarita, the film deftly combines social observation and surreal humour. Directed by one of Poland s leading intellectual - and much censored - filmmakers, this multi-awardwinning feature is a key film of the seismic political changes of 1989, and an enthusiastic manifesto for the freedom of the artist - and ultimately, of all humanity.

The film is set just before Poland's communist regime came to an end. The central character is a provincial censor, a tired, sloppy, lonely man, whose wife left him a long time ago. For him, censorship is both an art and a game, but he does not enjoy it. During the screening of a sentimental Polish melodrama called "Daybreak" at the Liberty cinema, just across the street 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 notices that the situation reminds him of "The Purple Rose of Cairo" by Woody Allen, and brings a reel of the film to demonstrate it. The officials watch the film with amusement until another mix-up occurs: the second projector is turned on accidentally and superimposes "Daybreak" over "The Purple Rose".

During the screening of the film 'Daybreak' at the Liberty Cinema, movie characters suddenly come alive and begin to talk to the viewers. The situation surprises communist authorities who send a censor to the theatre.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 14 April, 2016.

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