AFTERIMAGE POWIDOKI ANDRZEJ WAJDA

  • POLAND

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  • POLISH

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  • 2016

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  • 98 mins

  • FILM COURTESY

    Polish Institute, New Delhi

In Andrzej Wajda’s final film, Afterimage, legendary avant-garde painter Władysław Strzemiński defies the Soviet-imposed doctrine of Socialist Realism in post-war Poland. As the Stalinist regime strips him off his teaching position and dignity, the disabled artist wages a tragic, uncompromising battle for creative freedom and personal integrity.

ಆಂಡ್ರೆಜ್ ವಾಜ್ಡಾ ಅವರ ಕೊನೆಯ ಚಿತ್ರ 'ಆಫ್ಟರ್‌ಇಮೇಜ್' ನಲ್ಲಿ, ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಅವಂತ್-ಗಾರ್ಡ್ ವರ್ಣಚಿತ್ರಕಾರ ವ್ಲಾಡಿಸ್ಲಾವ್ ಸ್ಟ್ರೆಜೆಮಿನ್ಸ್ಕಿ ಯುದ್ಧಾನಂತರದ ಪೋಲೆಂಡ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ಸೋವಿಯತ್ ಹೇರಿದ ಸಮಾಜವಾದಿ ವಾಸ್ತವಿಕತೆಯ ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತ(ಸೋಶಲಿಸ್ಟ್ ರಿಯಲಿಸಂ)ವನ್ನು ಧಿಕ್ಕರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಸ್ಟಾಲಿನಿಸ್ಟ್ ಆಡಳಿತವು ಅವರ ಬೋಧನಾ ಸ್ಥಾನ ಮತ್ತು ಘನತೆಯನ್ನು ಕಸಿದುಕೊಂಡಾಗ, ಅಂಗವಿಕಲ ಕಲಾವಿದ ಸೃಜನಶೀಲ ಅಭಿವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ವೈಯಕ್ತಿಕ ಸಮಗ್ರತೆಗಾಗಿ ದುರಂತಮಯವಾದ, ಯಾವುದಕ್ಕೂ ರಾಜಿಯಾಗದ ಹೋರಾಟ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Producer(s) or Production Company :

Michał Kwieciński

Screenplay :

Andrzej Mularczyk, Andrzej Wajda

Director of Photography :

Paweł Edelman

Editor :

Grażyna Gradoń

Music :

Andrzej Panufnik

Sound :

Kacper Habisiak, Jacek Wiśniewski

Cast :

Bogusław Linda, Bronisława Zamachowska, Zofia Wichłacz, Krzysztof Pieczyński, Maria Semotiuk

Awards - Winner :

Polish FF (Special Jury Prize), New York Polish FF (Best Film)

Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection :

Cleveland IFF (Best Feature Film), Seattle IFF (Best Actor), Polish Film Awards (Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design , Best Sound), Montclair FF (Best feature film)

Andrzej Wajda (1926–2016) was a towering Polish filmmaker and a key figure of the Polish Film School who shaped postwar European cinema. Born in Suwałki, he joined the anti-Nazi resistance as a teenager, experiences that deeply informed his work. He studied painting in Kraków and film directing in Łódź. Wajda gained international recognition with his wartime trilogy A GENERATION (1954), CANAL (1957), and ASHES AND DIAMONDS (1959). His prolific career blended history, political critique, and humanism in films such as THE BIRCH WOOD (1971), THE PROMISED LAND (1975), MAN OF MARBLE (1977), MAN OF IRON (1981), and DANTON (1982).