truth-makes-free

cast
Andrzej Seweryn (Jan Zieja), Mateusz Więcławek (young Jan Zieja), Zbigniew Zamachowski (Adam Grosicki), Tadeusz Bradecki (Stefan Wyszyński), Jakub Wieczorek (Jacek Kuroń), Rafał Zawierucha („Orzeł”), Marta Mazurek (Kasia), Sonia Bohosiewicz (Krystyna Żelechowska)

 

The 70’s. A Secret Police Major wants to “buy” a seemingly gullible priest, Zieja, and turn him into an agent who can discredit the government’s opposition. The priest’s interrogations become a journey through the history of Poland in the twentieth century: from the Bolshevik war of 1920, through World War II, up to modern times. The seemingly naive Father Zieja is revealed to actually be a clever rebel. The world he lived in was unacceptable to him because he was ahead of his time. In the 1930’s, a lonely journey to Rome without a passport turned into thoughts of a European Union. Performing the Catholic funeral rites of a woman who had committed suicide during the 1920’s was a protest against the church’s rules. Proclaiming the slogan “never kill anyone, not even your enemies” during the Second World War was protest against patriotic mythologies and foretold future pacifist attitudes. Zieja puts his life and freedom always in the name of the moral, ethical, and religious values in which he believed.

 

ROBERT GLIŃSKI

Born in 1952 in Warsaw. A screenwriter and director. He graduated in architecture from the University of Warsaw and in directing from a Film School in Łódź, where he was later a rector (2008-12). From 2011 to 2014 he was a director of Teatr Powszechny. He has worked for theater and TV and has also made a number of documentaries. He made his successful debut with the full-length drama “Sunday Pranks” (Niedzielne igraszki, 1981). Recipient of many prestige awards. Member of Polish Film Academy.

FILMOGRAPHY
2020    Truth Makes Free (Zieja)
2017    Be Prepared (Czuwaj)
2014    Stones for the Rampart (Kamienie na szaniec)
2009    Piggies (Świnki)
2007    Benek
2005    The Call of the Toad (Wrózby kumaka)
2004    Holiday Weekend (Długi weekend)
2001    Hi Tereska (Cześć Tereska)
2000    Izabela
1997    Love and Do Whatever You Want (Kochaj i rób co chcesz)
1996    Mother of Her Own Mother (Matka swojej matki)
1992    All That Really Matters (Wszystko co najważniejsze)
1990    Supervision (Superwizja)
1988    Swan Song (Łąbedzi śpiew)
1983    Sunday Pranks (Niedzielne igraszki)

screenings
Copernicus Center
(5216 West Lawrence Ave., Chicago)
Sunday, 11/22/20 at 3:00 pm

exclusively sponsored

 

2020, 110 min, Poland
Polish with English subtitles

Direction/Reżyseria
ROBERT GLIŃSKI

Script/Scenariusz
WOJCIECH LEPIANKA

Cinematography/Zdjęcia
WITOLD PŁÓCIENNIK

Art Director/Scenografia
WOJCIECH ŻOGAŁA

Music/Muzyka
CEZARY SKUBISZEWSKI

Editing/Montaż
EWA SMAL

Sound/Dźwięk
KRZYSZTOF JASTRZĄB

Produced by/Produkcja
WFFiD

Producer/Producent
WŁODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS

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