Echoes of Elem Klimov’s Come and See in two Polish anti-war films – Jan Komasa’s Warsaw 44 and Wojciech Smarzowski’s Wołyń Cover Image

Echa Idź i patrz Elema Klimowa w dwóch polskich flmach antywojennych – Mieście 44 Jana Komasy oraz Wołyniu Wojciecha Smarzowskiego
Echoes of Elem Klimov’s Come and See in two Polish anti-war films – Jan Komasa’s Warsaw 44 and Wojciech Smarzowski’s Wołyń

Author(s): Andrzej Szpulak
Subject(s): Recent History (1900 till today), Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Elem Klimow; Jan Komasa; Wojciech Smarzowski; war film; anti-war film; historical film; Polish film; Soviet film;

Summary/Abstract: The subject of interest in this text are the relations between the famous Elem Klimow’s Come and See and two Polish movies made in the second decade of the 21st century – Jan Komasa’s Warsaw 44 and Wojciech Smarzowski’s Wołyń. These relations are considered at the genetic level, the level of historical references, the genological level and the plane of audiovisual material created in films. The analysis leads to the conclusion that genological issues play the most important role in building these relationships, among them the shape of the main character’s figure. The text can be treated as a contribution to reflection on the genre distinctiveness of the anti-war film.

  • Issue Year: 23/2018
  • Issue No: 32
  • Page Range: 219-230
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish