The Wedding

The Wedding

102 mins | Drama | Jan. 9, 1973

Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past. In the end a call to arms is called but turns out to be a hoax.

The Wedding

102 mins | Drama | Jan. 9, 1973

The Wedding
Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past. In the end a call to arms is called but turns out to be a hoax.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Film Polski
Original title Wesele
Directors Andrzej Wajda
Writers Andrzej Kijowski

Cast

Izabela Olszewska

as Hostess

Ewa Ziętek

as Bride

Daniel Olbrychski

as Bridegroom

Emilia Krakowska

as Marysia

Mieczysław Stoor

as Wojtek

Henryk Borowski

as Old Man

Marek Perepeczko

as Jasiek

Janusz Bukowski

as Kasper

Wojciech Pszoniak

as Journalist / Stanczyk

Gabriela Kownacka

as Zosia (as Gabriela Kwasz)

Małgorzata Lorentowicz

as Mrs. Councillor

Maria Konwicka

as Haneczka

Franciszek Pieczka

as Czepiec

Hanna Skarżanka

as Klimina

Bożena Dykiel

as Kasia

Leszek Piskorz

as Staszek

Anna Góralska

as Isia

Maja Komorowska

as Rachela

Czesław Niemen

as Chochol (voice)

Wirgiliusz Gryń

as Szela

Artur Młodnicki

as Wernyhora