is the first non-War film Andrzej Wajda did coming soon after his much-celebrated War Trilogy in the 1950s and the much lesser known Lotna (which is also a war film). It was a radical departure from his previous WW2 films, it was then contemporary film about young people in Warsaw.
The
film tells the story of a young mod (in the original sense, young person who
listens to Modern Jazz) called Andrzej (played by
Tadeusz Ĺomnicki) who is a physician who is a bit of playboy. He plays drums
in a jazz band on the side. He is getting fed up of his film sexual successes.
He meets a lovely young girl and they spend the night at his place talking, it
has obvious sexual tension though out the night.
The film was
supposedly more the brainchild of the screenwriter Jerzy Skolimowski much more
so they Wajda. It’s very much a part of the overall 60s new wave of cinema,
every country pretty much had their own and Poland certainly had it’s with most
famously Roman Polanski (who has a bit part), Wajda and others.
Ian Schultz
Rating:12DVD Re-Release date:10th September 2012(UK)
Directed by: Andrzej Wajda
Cast:Tadeusz Lomnicki, Krystyna Stypulkowska, Wanda Koczeska, Roman Polanski
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