Pole is a Wolf to a Mazur. Is "Róża" by Wojciech Smarzowski an Anti-Polish Film? Cover Image

Polak Mazurowi wilkiem. Czy "Róża" Wojciecha Smarzowskiego jest filmem antypolskim?
Pole is a Wolf to a Mazur. Is "Róża" by Wojciech Smarzowski an Anti-Polish Film?

Author(s): Krystyna Weiher-Sitkiewicz
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego
Keywords: "Róża"; Wojciech Smarzowski; Anti-Polish Film

Summary/Abstract: The author of this article tries to explain why the controversial film "Róża" by Wojciech Smarzowski was well received by the wright-wing media which recognized other historical films from this period, such as Ida by Pawel Pawlikowski and "Aftermath" by Wladyslaw Pasikowski, as anti-Polish and even harmful. The author examines three aspects of the film: whether it is actually anti-Polish, anti-Soviet or maybe pro-German. At the end she reveals the director’s strategy which allowed to avoid the dispute over the misinterpretation of historical events.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 15 (22)
  • Page Range: 190-198
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish