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