Wesele
The Wedding
I've heard - more than once - an opinion that The Wedding should never
be presented outside of Poland, because it depicts our country in a way we, Polish people, don't want to be seen by foreigners.
Needless to say, I was curious to hear the foreigners' reaction. Surprisingly, The Wedding became the most wanted Polish film
of 2004/2005. Using the name The Wedding as a title was an act of bravery on the part of the director Wojtek Smarzowski. In
Polish tradition it is a sacred title - there was a theatre play of the same title from 1901 by Stanislaw Wyspianski, dubbed
"the most original play written for the theatre in the Polish language" and a classical film from the 1970s by Andrzej Wajda.
There is a scene in the film, which I think needs to be explained: towards the end of the film all participants of the ceremony
sing a song - the title is "Rota" it's very patriotic and very religious, like a second national anthem of Poland. (Stefan
Laudyn)
Special 2005
Wojtek
Smarzowski
Poland 2004
color
109
minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay
Wojtek Smarzowski
Cinematography
Andrzej Szulkowski
Editing
Pawel Laskowski
Music Ryszard
Tymon Tymanski
With Marian Dziedziel, Iwona Bielska-Grabowska,
Tamara Arciuch, Maciek Stuhr, Bartomiej Topa, Pawel Wilczak
Production
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