The Rite of Passage

The Rite of Passage

109 mins | Drama | April 9, 2010

A couple with two small children (Ludwik is fourteen and Hania is nine) travel from Lwow to a newly liberated Krakow. Ludwik attends a good school and quickly establish friendships. Before the 1946 June "3XTAK” referendum Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, leader of the PSL party, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture, came to Krakow. During his visit Ludwig was involved in a street brawl and consequently, was arrested. In turbulent times in which Ludwik matures, things trivial and silly still verge on the serious and the tragic...

The Rite of Passage

109 mins | Drama | April 9, 2010

The Rite of Passage
A couple with two small children (Ludwik is fourteen and Hania is nine) travel from Lwow to a newly liberated Krakow. Ludwik attends a good school and quickly establish friendships. Before the 1946 June "3XTAK” referendum Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, leader of the PSL party, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture, came to Krakow. During his visit Ludwig was involved in a street brawl and consequently, was arrested. In turbulent times in which Ludwik matures, things trivial and silly still verge on the serious and the tragic...
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers
Original title Mała matura 1947
Directors Janusz Majewski
Writers Janusz Majewski

Cast

Adam Wróblewski

as Ludwik Taschke

Marek Kondrat

as Profesor Matoń

Wojciech Pszoniak

as Major Trzaska

Wiktor Zborowski

as Profesor "Syfon"

Agnieszka Michalska

as Maria Taschke

Artur Żmijewski

as Tadeusz Taschke

Sonia Bohosiewicz

as Mecenasowa Halberowa

Antoni Królikowski

as Romek Szrama