Directed by:
Andrzej WajdaScreenplay:
Andrzej MularczykCinematography:
Pawel EdelmanCast:
Boguslaw Linda, Aleksandra Justa, Zofia Wichlacz, Krzysztof Pieczynski, Szymon Bobrowski, Mariusz Bonaszewski, Maria Semotiuk, Bronislawa Zamachowska (more)Plots(1)
Strzeminski was a compelling and charismatic artist and teacher. Wajda picks up his story in postwar Lodz, where he teaches at the Higher School of Plastic Arts. His ideas, set out in a revolutionary book he has written about art, run headlong into Stalin's dictates on what is good for the masses: social realism and superficial positivism. This is the dynamic that feeds Afterimage's utterly compelling narrative about a highly principled individual who confronts the indifference and, soon enough, anger of the authorities determined to stamp out anyone who questions the party line. A double amputee, Strzeminski is a restless force of nature idolized by the younger generation and the students he teaches. (Toronto International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Boguslaw Linda
Poland
Best movies:
A Lonely Woman (1981)
Sekal Has to Die (1998)
Blind Chance (1981)
Aleksandra Justa
Poland
Best movies:
Afterimage (2016)
The Art of Loving: The Story of Michalina Wislocka (2017)
Beyond the Steppes (2010)
Zofia Wichlacz
Poland
Best movies:
Afterimage (2016)
Warsaw 1944 (2014)
The Romanoffs (2018) (series)
Krzysztof Pieczynski
Poland
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
Wielki bieg (1981) (TV movie)
The Man Who Read Music from Plates (1995)
Szymon Bobrowski
Poland
Best movies:
Karol. Człowiek, który został papieżem (2005) (TV movie)
Rose (2011)
Świadek koronny (2007)
Mariusz Bonaszewski
Poland
Best movies:
Jack Strong (2014)
Afterimage (2016)
Las (2009)
Maria Semotiuk
Poland
Best movies:
The Wedding Day (2021)
Letters to Santa (2011)
Afterimage (2016)
Bronislawa Zamachowska
Poland
Best movies:
Afterimage (2016)
Paulina Gałązka
Poland
Best movies:
Afterimage (2016)
The Girl from the Wardrobe (2012)
Playing Hard (2018)
Adrian Zaremba
Poland
Best movies:
Hatred (2016)
Clergy (2018)
The Wedding Day (2021)
Monika Mielnicka
Best movies:
Afterimage (2016)
Adam Zawiślak
Best movies:
Afterimage (2016)