''Fever'' ( pl, Gorączka) is a 1981 Polish drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland. It is based on a story of writer

Andrzej Strug Andrzej Strug, real name Tadeusz (or Stefan) Gałecki (sources vary; 28 November 1871/1873 in Lublin – 9 December 1937 in Warsaw) was a Polish socialist politician, publicist and activist for Poland's independence. He was also a freemas ...

. It was entered into the

31st Berlin International Film Festival The 31st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 February 1981. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Spanish film '' Deprisa, Deprisa'' directed by Carlos Saura. The retrospective was dedicated to British film producer Mic ...

where

Barbara Grabowska Barbara Grabowska (28 November 1954 – 12 August 1994) was a Polish actress. She starred in the 1981 film ''Fever''. The film was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival, where Grabowska won the Silver Bear for Best Actress ...

won the Silver Bear for Best Actress. The film takes place during the Revolution in the Kingdom of Poland (1905–07). The film was immediately banned by the Polish Communist government upon its release, because of its brutally realistic portrayal of the occupying Russian forces.

Plot

The film is set at the beginning of the 20th century, when Poland fought for its independence.

Cast

- Kama * Adam Ferency - Wojtek Kielza *

Bogusław Linda Bogusław Linda (; born 27 June 1952) is a Polish actor known from films such as ''Psy'' and ''Tato''. He appeared in Andrzej Wajda's ''Man of Iron'' and ''Danton'' and in Krzysztof Kieślowski's ''Blind Chance'' and the seventh episode of Kieśl ...

- Gryziak * Olgierd Łukaszewicz - Leon * Tomasz Miedzik - Kamil * Aleksy Awdiejew - Governor's Aide (as Aleksiej Awdiejew) * Wiktor Grotowicz - Governor's Butler *

Tadeusz Huk ''Tadeusz'' is a Polish first name, derived from Thaddaeus. Tadeusz may refer to: * Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski (1895–1966), Polish military leader * Tadeusz Borowski (1922–1951), Polish writer and The Holocaust survivor * Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński ...

- Chemist * Michal Juszczakiewicz - Michal * Krzysztof Kiersznowski - Activist * Marian Lacz - Kielza's Uncle *

Pawel Nowisz Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel ...

- Wartki * Ryszard Sobolewski - Governor * Michal Tarkowski - Doctor * Krzysztof Zaleski - Czarny

References

External links

* 1981 films 1981 drama films Polish historical drama films Films set in the 1900s Films set in the 1910s Films set in Poland Films shot in Poland 1980s Polish-language films 1980s historical drama films Films directed by Agnieszka Holland {{Poland-film-stub