Afterimage

Afterimage

98 mins | Drama | Oct. 22, 2016

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.

Afterimage

98 mins | Drama | Oct. 22, 2016

Afterimage
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers TVP, Akson Studio, National Audiovisual Institute
Original title Powidoki
Directors Andrzej Wajda
Writers Andrzej Mularczyk, Andrzej Wajda

Cast

Bogusław Linda

as Władysław Strzemiński

Aleksandra Justa

as Katarzyna Kobro

Bronisława Zamachowska

as Nika Strzeminski

Zofia Wichłacz

as Hania

Krzysztof Pieczyński

as Julian Przybos

Mariusz Bonaszewski

as Madejski

Rafał Zawierucha

as Shop assistant

Jacek Beler

as / Militiaman

Filip Gurłacz

as Konrad

Paulina Gałązka

as Wasinska

Irena Melcer

as Jadzia

Mateusz Rzeźniczak

as Mateusz

Tomasz Włosok

as Roman

Adrian Zaremba

as Wojtek

Mateusz Rusin

as Stefan

Mateusz Bieryt

as Student

Barbara Wypych

as Activist

Danuta Borsuk

as Shop assistant

Anna Grzeszczak

as Woman

Dominika Kluźniak

as Teacher

Dorota Kolak

as Clerk

Henryk Niebudek

as Profesor

Magdalena Kuta

as Secretary

Anna Majcher

as Neighbour

Anna Markowicz

as Sokorski's Secretary

Nina Czerkies

as Woman

Małgorzata Rudzka

as Cleaner

Maria Semotiuk

as Róza Saltzman

Grażyna Walasek

as Woman

Magdalena Warzecha

as Museum's Worker

Ewa Wencel

as School's manager

Robert Ostolski

as Militiaman

Mateusz Janicki

as Doctor

Robert Latusek

as Sanitary

Jan Pęczek

as Postman

Jerzy Rogalski

as Clerk

Dariusz Siastacz

as Owner of «Exotic»

Mariusz Słupiński

as Co-Worker

Adam Szyszkowski

as Driver

Michał Włodarczyk

as Militiaman

Gabriela Chojecka

as Little girl

Andrzej Konopka

as «Personal» in PWSSP

Maja Kwiatkowska

as Little girl

Monika Mielnicka

as Little girl

Magdalena Żak

as Little girl

Adam Zawislak

as Double: Strzeminski

Szymon Bobrowski

as Włodzimierz Sokorski