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The Andrzej Wajda War Trilogy

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Number of Discs
3

Release Date
26/05/2008

Studio
Arrow Video

format
DVD / Normal

Duration
313

Certificate UK
12

Description

Triple bill of war movies from Polish director Andrzej Wajda. In 'A Generation' (1954), in war-torn Poland, a young man (Tadeusz Lomnicki) decides to fight against the Nazis after falling for a pretty Resistance leader. His first mission is to assist escapees during the Warsaw uprising, but his early teenage enthusiasm turns sour as the war progresses. In 'Kanal' (1956), in 1944, the Poles in Warsaw descend into the sewers to escape the Nazis. Journeying through the 'Kanal', the psychological pressures to which they are subjected as an oppressed race result in outpourings of extreme emotion, from generosity of spirit to pettiness and fear. Finally, in 'Ashes and Diamonds' (1958), in 1945, on the day World War II ends, young Nationalist underground member Maciek (Zbigniew Cybulski), who has remained steadfastly loyal to the British government throughout the Nazi occupation, is ordered to kill the new local Communist leader. His outlook is changed as he waits overnight in a hotel where he meets and falls in love with a young girl (Ewa Krzyzanowska).

Director: Andrzej Wajda
Producer: Stanislaw Adler
Writer: Bohdan Czeszko
Writer: Jerzy Stawinski
Writer: Andrzej Wajda
Writer: Jerzy Andrzejewski
Music: Andrzej Markowski
Music: Jan Krenz
Actor: Tadeusz Lomnicki
Actor: Ursula Mordzynska
Actor: Roman Polanski
Actor: Tadeusz Janczar
Actor: Zbigniew Cybulski
Actor: Wienczyslaw Glinski
Actor: Teresa Izewska
Actor: Emil Karewicz
Actor: Wladyslaw Sheybal
Actor: Stanislaw Mikulski
Actor: Adam Pawlikowski
Actor: Teresa Berezowska
Actor: Tadeusz Gwiadowski
Actor: Zofia Lindorf
Actor: Janina Jablonowska
Actor: Ewa Krzyzanowska
Actor: Bogumil Kobiela
Actor: Waclaw Zastrzezynski

Main Format
DVD

Keyword Index
The Andrzej Wajda War Trilogy|Tadeusz Lomnicki

Alternative Title
A Generation/Kanal/Ashes and Diamonds

Colour
Col & B/W

Region
Region 2

Subtitles
Subtitled

Extras 2
Languages(s): Polish, Subtitles: English, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Screen ratio 1:1.33, Dolby Digital 2.0

Extras 3
Commentary: Annette Insdorf (Film Scholar) on 'Ashes and Diamonds', Documentaries: Short film: 'Ceramics from Ilza', Image Gallery, Interviews: Andrzej Wajda (Director), Janusz Morgenstern (Assistant Director) and Jerzy Plazewski (Film Critic), Memorabilia, Vintage newsreel on the making of 'Ashes and Diamonds', Essays by film scholars and critics Ewa Mazierska, John Simon, and Paul Coates

Catalogue Number
FCD323

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