L'ECRIVAIN

By : Wojciech J. Has

With : Wojciech Wysocki, Gustaw Holoubek, Janusz Michalowski
Pologne, 1984, PAL, 4/3 - 153 min
zone 2, couleur,
9.00 €


English title: WRITE AND FIGHT
Original title: PISMAK

Directed by : Wojciech J. Has

with : Wojciech Wysocki, Gustaw Holoubek, Janusz Michalowski
Poland, 1984, PAL, 4/3 - 153 min
zone 2, color

Original Polish version with French subtitles.

The film is settled during the World War I in a prison cell. A newspaper satirist, a safecracker and a clerical murderer have been loaded into a common cell until the investigation into their supposed crimes has been finished. The journalist takes some notes about the situation hoping to publish a novel about this cohabitation. The writer catches typhus and because of his feverish delirium he is no longer able to distinguish reality and fantasy.

The critic Jan Slodowki described the film as "a study of isolation told thanks to the voices of three people condemned to be with each other; among them, the writer, a maturing artist, his gaze fixed on himself, proves the central figure".

Chaptering, Filmography, Restored master, New subtitles


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L'Ecrivain
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