Wojciech Wiszniewski Trailers
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Wojciech Wiszniewski was a Polish film director and screenwriter, renowned for his innovative approach to documentary filmmaking. He graduated from the National Film School in Łódź in 1972, where his early work, Zawał serca (Heart Attack, 1967), received recognition at the Oberhausen Short Film Festival. Wiszniewski's films are characterized by their critical examination of Polish society, often blending documentary and fictional elements to challenge official narratives. Notable works include Elementarz (The Primer, 1976) and Sztygar na zagrodzie (The Foreman in His Own Home, 1978). His unique style and bold subject matter have left a lasting impact on Polish cinema.
Most Popular Wojciech Wiszniewski Trailers
Total trailers found: 13
01 January 1967
One of his first and the most famous undergrad shorts, which seems to forshadow the director's death.
01 January 1976
Despite the fact that the film is a documentary, its lead character and his life story are fictitious, though very probable.
01 January 1976
A staged cinematic parable, it presents in symbolic images a painful diagnosis of Poles' sense of identity in the 1970s.
01 January 1974
This 50-minutes long TV production, Wiszniewski's only feature film, is the story of a young worker, who is given a flat by his union commission on condition that he gets married.
13 January 1974
A school teacher from a small town in Poland comes to Warsaw to see his estranged wife, a window dresser, in the hope that she will return to him rather than give him a divorce.
28 June 1973
A movie quintessential to Wiszniewski's artistic output. Its protagonist, Bernard Budgol, is a miner and a legendary leader of socialist labour in the 40s and 50s.
28 May 1969
A dilligent portrayal of the railway community depicts the mundanity of a pensioner's life set against lively scenes from his workplace, in the form of memories or dreams.
11 January 2002
Sharkey, part of the sinister world of child trade, picks up Vlado, an orphan of war, dreaming of freedom and a better life.
16 June 1975
The life of a female weaver is thrown onto the socio-political canvas of pre-war and post-war communist Poland through the use of expressive allegorical and symbolic imagery in this imaginative take on the documentary form.
01 January 1970
A reportage about a summer camp for art students, in which carefree youth in red ties break into song at solemn flag ceremonies and meetings.
22 July 1973
Many years after finishing their education, a colorful cast of characters decides to attend a night school to finally earn their high school diplomas.
21 June 1978
The story of a miner who decides to change his life by migrating to the countryside with his wife and children.
01 January 1970
There's no April 31 and May the 1st is a Labour Day - the most important communist holiday. A gritty morning in the city of Lodz seen through the eyes of a worker who spends it with his colleagues drinking and talking about shady businesses.
