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Afterimage
“The Artist Who Opposed The Soviet Dictatorship.”
6.5 / 10• 2016• 1h 38m•NR• Polish
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Storyline
In 1945, as Stalin sets his hands over Poland, famous painter Wladislaw Strzeminski refuses to compromise on his art with the doctrines of social realism. Persecuted, expelled from his chair at the University, he's eventually erased from the museums' walls. With the help of some of his students, he starts fighting against the Party and becomes the symbol of an artistic resistance against intellectual tyranny.
Cast & Crew
Bogusław Linda
Władysław Strzemiński
Lead
Bronisława Zamachowska
Nika Strzemińska
Zofia Wichłacz
Hania
Aleksandra Justa
Katarzyna Kobro
Krzysztof Pieczyński
Julian Przyboś
Mariusz Bonaszewski
Madejski
Rafał Zawierucha
Shop Assistant
Jacek Beler
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What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Andrzej Wajda's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Afterimage is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
