How in Czechoslovakia films by Munk and Wajda were conceived – or films in the context of tangled history Cover Image

Jak w Czechosłowacji pojmowano filmy Munka i Wajdy, czyli film w kontekście zawikłanej historii
How in Czechoslovakia films by Munk and Wajda were conceived – or films in the context of tangled history

Author(s): Jadwiga Hučková, Tomáš Hučko
Subject(s): Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Polish Film School; Andrzej Munk; Andrzej Wajda; film reception; Czechoslovakia; Polish myths; heroism;

Summary/Abstract: Films of Polish Film School, the most significant formation in post-war history of Polish cinema, appeared in Czechoslovakia with several years of delay. Power feared that their message will be dangerous for spectators. Meanwhile – for viewers they remain unknown or difficult to understand and only a few critics and film historians could read them in accordance with the intentions of the directors Andrzej Munk and Andrzej Wajda, being the main representatives of the stream.

  • Issue Year: 20/2017
  • Issue No: 29
  • Page Range: 215-230
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish