Cellulose
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65% Critic Match

Cellulose

6.5 / 10 1954 2h 0mNR Polish
Drama

Storyline

Through the fate of the boy - whose hunger drives from his home village , and who receives a severe school of life , going through different social environments in order to become conscious , revolutionary activist - creators show a realistic panorama of conflicts in pre-WWII Poland.

Cast & Crew

Józef Nowak

Józef Nowak

Szczęsny

Lead
Stanisław Milski

Stanisław Milski

Szczęsny's Father / Czerwiaczek

Zbigniew Skowroński

Zbigniew Skowroński

Roman Korbal

Teresa Szmigielówna

Teresa Szmigielówna

Zocha

Halina Przybylska

Halina Przybylska

Weronka, Szczęsny's sister

Janina Szydłowska

Janina Szydłowska

Communist

Wojciech Pilarski

Wojciech Pilarski

Marusik

Zbigniew Józefowicz

Zbigniew Józefowicz

Jan Gawlikowski

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jerzy Kawalerowicz's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Cellulose is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker