''Pornografia'' is a 2003 Polish–French film directed by
Jan Jakub Kolski
Jan Jakub Kolski (born 29 January 1956) is a Polish film director, cinematographer, and writer.
Early life and career
Kolski was born in Wrocław, and comes from a family closely connected to cinema. His father, Roman Kolski, and his sister, Ewa ...
. It is based on the 1960
novel of the same name by
Witold Gombrowicz
Witold Marian Gombrowicz (August 4, 1904 – July 24, 1969) was a Polish writer and playwright. His works are characterised by deep psychological analysis, a certain sense of paradox and absurd, anti-nationalist flavor. In 1937 he published his f ...
, set in
Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.
The film touches on themes such as European society of the 1940s as a whole,
conspiracy theories
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guerrilla warfare
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, the
Nazi invasion, murder, suicide, as well as eroticism, guilt, and manipulation of youth by adults.
The score, composed by
Zygmunt Konieczny
Zygmunt Konieczny (born 3 January 1937) is a Polish composer of Musical theatre, theatre and film music.
Zygmunt Konieczny spent his childhood in the village of Szczyrzyc. He debuted in the 1950s in the cabaret Piwnica pod Baranami in Kraków. ...
, won the Georges Delerue Award at the
Flanders International Film Festival
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in 2003.
Cast and characters
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Krzysztof Majchrzak
Krzysztof Majchrzak (born 2 March 1948) is a Polish film actor. His first part in a major production was in Andrzej Wajda's '' The Promised Land'' (1975). He has appeared in 30 films since 1975. He was nominated for an award as Best Actor for h ...
as Fryderyk
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Adam Ferency
Adam Ferency (born 5 October 1951) is a Polish actor. He has appeared in more than 70 films and television shows since 1976. He starred in the 1990 film '' Burial of a Potato'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Can ...
as Witold
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Krzysztof Globisz
Krzysztof Maria Globisz (born 16 January 1957 in Siemianowice Śląskie) is a Polish theatre and film actor. His best-known role is as Piotr Balicki, the newly qualified barrister whose opinion of capital punishment undergoes a radical change in ...
as Hipolit
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Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska
Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska (born 16 February 1962) is a Polish actress. She has appeared in 22 films and television shows since 1988. She starred in ''Johnnie Waterman'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film ...
as Maria
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Grzegorz Damiecki
Grzegorz (german: Falkenstein) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmża, within Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Chełmża and north of Toruń
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as Waclaw Paszkowski
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Jan Frycz
Jan Frycz (born 15 May 1954) is a Polish screen and stage actor. He was nominated for six Polish Academy Awards, winning twice for his supporting roles in the films ''Pornografia'' (2003) and ''The Welts'' (2004).
Biography
Frycz's father was ...
as Siemian
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Irena Laskowska
Irena Laskowska (15 March 1925 – 6 December 2019) was a Polish actress. She appeared in more than 40 films and television shows between 1948 and 2003.
Selected filmography
* '' The Last Day of Summer'' (1958)
* ''Milczące ślady'' (1961) ...
as Amelia
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Sandra Samos
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People
* Sandra (given name)
* Sandra (singer) (born 1962), German pop singer
* Margaretha Sandra (1629–1674), Dutch soldier
* Sandra (orangutan), who won the legal right to be defined as a "non-human person"
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as Henia
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Anna Baniowska
Anna may refer to:
People Surname and given name
* Anna (name)
Mononym
* Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke
* Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773)
* Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century)
* Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 122 ...
as Weronika
* Kazimierz Mazur as Karol
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Jan Urbanski as Skuziak
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Magdalena Różczka
Magdalena Różczka (born 27 July 1978 in Nowa Sól) is a Polish actress. She appeared in the comedy television series ''Bao-Bab, czyli zielono mi'' in 2003.
In May 2010 she was appointed as the UNICEF National Goodwill Ambassador
Goodwill am ...
as
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Henryk Niebudek Henryk may refer to:
* Henryk (given name)
* Henryk, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, a village in south-central Poland
* Henryk Glacier, an Antarctic glacier
See also
* Henryk Batuta hoax
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as Hans
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Dariusz Toczek Dariusz is a male given name, predominantly in Polish. Etymologically, it derives from the Proto-Slavic "dar" gift, and signifies the giver/gift giver or possessors as well as "goods", and Persian name '' Dariush'', meaning "he possesses" or "good ...
as
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Jerzy Chojnowski as Gustaw
References
External links
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2003 films
Polish drama films
Films directed by Jan Jakub Kolski
Georges Delerue Award winners
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