Third Part of the Night, The

Date
Hour
Place
30/07
17:30
THE SILVER STAR CINEMA


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reż|dir Andrzej Żuławski | PL | 1971 | 101 min
prod|pro Barbara Pec-Ślesicka scen|wr Mirosław Żuławski, Andrzej Żuławski zdj|ph Witold Sobociński muz|mus Andrzej Korzyński mon|ed Halina Prugar ob|cast Małgorzata Braunek, Leszek Teleszyński, Jan Nowicki, Jerzy Goliński, Anna Milewska, Michał Grudziński, Marek Walczewski, Hanna Stankówna, Alicja Jachiewicz, Leszek Długosz, Jadwiga Halina Gallowa, Halina Czengery, Grażyna Barszczewska, Ewa Ciepiela, Janina Ordężanka, Tadeusz Huk, Andrzej Lajborek, Janusz Miszczak, Krzysztof Fus, Andrzej Dobosz, Jerzy Stuhr dys|dis SF Kadr

DESCRIPTION

Second World War. When the Nazis kill his mother, wife and child, Michał decides to join the resistance. Just after one of the actions, he assists Martha, a woman reminiscent of his wife, in childbirth. To help Martha and her child, Michał takes a job as a feeder of lice. He also decides to rescue her husband, arrested by the Germans. In his cinematic debut, Żuławski laid forward a novel approach to war narration, and his film turned out to be a commercial success, rewarding the director with the acclaim of the critics.


AWARDS
1971 Andrzej Munk Award of the National Film School in Łódź
1972 International Film Festival in Adelaide – Diploma of Recognition
1973 "The Youth and Film" - The Festival of Film Debuts in Koszalin" – Jantar Award for Best Film

© Festiwal Filmu i Sztuki Dwa Brzegi Kazimierz Dolny Janowiec nad Wisłą
Projekt i realizacja: Tomasz Żewłakow