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AFTERIMAGE

by Andrzej Wajda

synopsis

In 1945, as Stalin sets his hands over Poland, famous painter Wladislaw Strzeminski refuses to compromise on his art with the doctrines of social realism. Persecuted, expelled from his chair at the University, he’s eventually erased from the museums’ walls. With the help of some of his students, he starts fighting against the Party and becomes the symbol of an artistic resistance against intellectual tyranny.

international title: Afterimage
original title: Powidoki
country: Poland
sales agent: Films Boutique
year: 2016
genre: fiction
directed by: Andrzej Wajda
film run: 98'
release date: FR 22/02/2017, IT 11/07/2019
screenplay: Andrzej Mularczyk
cast: Boguslaw Linda, Bronislawa Zamachowska, Zofia Wichlacz
cinematography by: Paweł Edelman
film editing: Grażyna Gradoń
art director: Marek Warszewski
music: Andrzej Panufnik
producer: Michał Kwieciński
production: Akson Studio, Telewizja Polska (TVP) - Agencja Filmowa
backing: National Film Archive - National Audiovisual Institute, EC1 (PL), Tumult Foundation (PL), Polish Film Institute (PL)
distributor: Akson Studio, KMBO, Movies Inspired

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