Forging of War Scythes – Artur Grottger

Date
Hour
Place
04/08
09:00
THE SMALL CINEMA


Polska Niepodległa: Historia w ożywionych obrazach „Kucie kos” Artur Grottger
reż|dir Marek Brodzki | PL | 2017 | 16 min
prod|pro Włodzimierz Niderhaus scen|wr Marek Brodzki zdj|ph Arek Tomiak PSC mon|ed Wojciech Janas ob|cast Andrzej Kłak, Jan Marczewski, Adrian Brząkała, Justyna Kowalska dys|dis WFDiF

DESCRIPTION

The insurgents fighting in the January Uprising of 1863 included artists among their number. One of them was Artur Grottger, whose frail health disqualified him from the armed fight, yet he could still use his art in the cause of freedom. The film speaks of an artist’s dilemmas and the process of creating works devoted to the January Uprising. The painting is part of the collection of the Szépművészeti Múzeum in Budapest.

The film was financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as part of the “Niepodległa” Multiannual Program for 2017-2021.

www.niepodlegla.gov.plwww.mkidn.gov.plwww.wfdif.pl

 


DIRECTOR
Marek Brodzki (1960) Polish film director and television director. He directed the film and series versions of “Wiedźmin” (“The Hexer” or “The Witcher”) and the series “Miasteczko”. He has worked as First Assistant Director with top Polish directors Andrzej Wajda and Krzysztof Zanussi and has specialized as a Polish First Assistant Director and Second Unit Director on international productions made in Poland notably including Steven Spielberg's “Schindler's List” and has a long working relationship with German director Volker Schlöndorff.

FILMOGRAPHY
2017 cykl Polska Niepodległa: Historia w ożywionych obrazach, m.in.:|Independent Poland: History in Moving Pictures cycle, i.e.
„Kucie kos” Artur Grottger|"Forging of War Scythes" Artur Grottger
„Wejście strzelców Józefa Piłsudskiego do Kielc” Stanisław Kaczor-Batowski|"Józef Piłsudski’s riflemen entering Kielce" Stanisław Kaczor-Batowski
„Emilia Plater w potyczce pod Szawlami” Wojciech Kossak|"Emilia Plater skirmishing at Szawle" Wojciech Kossak
2001 Wiedźmin|The Hexer/The Witcher

© Festiwal Filmu i Sztuki Dwa Brzegi Kazimierz Dolny Janowiec nad Wisłą
Projekt i realizacja: Tomasz Żewłakow