| Description |
3 videodisc (DVD)s (288 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in |
| Series |
Criterion collection |
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Criterion collection.
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| Contents |
A generation (Pokolenie) (1955) / directed by Andrzej Wajda ; written by Bohdan Czeszko -- Kanal (Kanał) (1957) / directed by Andrzej Wajda ; written by Jerzy Stefan Stawinski -- Ashes and diamonds (Popiół i diament) (1958) / directed by Andrzej Wajda ; written by Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Andrzejewski |
| Summary |
Three films directed by Andrzej Wajda, depicting the struggles of resistance fighters in Poland during World War II |
| Notes |
A generation based on the novel by Bohdan Czeszko. Kanal based on a story about true events by Jerzy Stefan Stawinski. Ashes and diamonds based on the novel by Jerzy Andrzejewski |
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Features: audio commentary by film scholar Annette Insdof on Ashes and diamonds, exclusive new interviews on each film with Andrzej Wajda, assistant director Janusz Morgenstern, and film critic Jerzy Plazewski, vintage newsreel on the making of Ashes and diamonds, Wajda's 1951 film school short Ceramics from Ilza (Ceramika Ilzecka), rare behind-the-scenes production photos, publicity stills, and posters for all three films, gallery of Andrzej Wajda's original drawings and paintings, new essays by film scholars and critics Ewa Mazierska, John Simon, and Paul Coates |
| Cast |
A generation: Tadeusz Lomnicki, Urszula Modrzynska, Tadeusz Janczar; Kanal: Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar, Wienczyslaw Glinski; Ashes and diamonds: Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski |
| Notes |
MPAA rating: Not rated |
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DVDs, Dolby digital mono ; Region unspecified |
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For private home use only |
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In Polish and German with English subtitles |
| Subject |
Czeszko, Bohdan -- Film and video adaptations
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Stawiński, Jerzy Stefan, 1921-2010 -- Film and video adaptations
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Andrzejewski, Jerzy, 1909-1983 -- Film and video adaptations
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Drama.
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Motion pictures, Polish
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Foreign films -- Poland.
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| Genre/Form |
War films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Wajda, Andrzej, 1926-2016.
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Łomnicki, Tadeusz, 1927-1992.
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Modrzyńska, Urszula.
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Janczar, Tadeusz, 1926-1997.
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Iżewska, Teresa, 1933-1982.
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Gliński, Wieńczysław, 1921-2008.
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Cybulski, Zbigniew, 1927-1967.
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Krzyzewski, Eva.
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Zastrzeżynski, Wacław, 1900-1959.
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Czeszko, Bohdan.
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Stawiński, Jerzy Stefan, 1921-2010.
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Andrzejewski, Jerzy, 1909-1983.
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| ISBN |
0780029518 |
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9780780029514 |
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