Golem 1979
Synopsis
Totalitarian system several dozen years after a nuclear catastrophe. Scientists try to improve the humanity under the authority\'s careful tutelage. They perform medical experiments on socially unadjusted individuals. Pernat is such an upgraded man, deprived of memory and limited to only working function. Yet, after some time he rebels against his guardians.
Awards
1980 - Festiwal "Summer of Films", Łagów - Arthouse Cinemas Award (Piotr Szulkin)
1980 - Koszalin Film Festiwal " The Youth an Film" - Journalists\' Awards (Piotr Szulkin)
1980 - Gdynia Film Festival - Best Directorial Debiut Award (Piotr Szulkin)
1980 - IFF San Sebastian - Basque Photographers\' Association Award (Zygmunt Samosiuk)
1980 - Andrzej Munk Award - Piotr Szulkin (awarded by National Polish Film School in Łódź)
1981 - International Fantasy Film Festival, Madrit - Grand Prix „Monolit” (Piotr Szulkin)
1981 - International Fantasy Film Festival, Madrit - Best Screenplay Award (Piotr Szulkin)
1981 - International Fantasy Film Festival, Madrit - Best Screenplay Award (Tadeusz Sobolewski)
1981 - International Fantasy Film Festival, Madryt - FIPRESCI distinction
1981 - International Fantasy Film Festival, Triest - Actor\'s Award „Silver Asteroida” (Krystyna Janda)
About
Year of production:
1979
Genre:
fantasy film
Premiere:
18-03-1980
Technical specs:
Color, 88 min.
Production:
Perspektywa Film Studio
Filmmakers
Directed by:
Piotr Szulkin
Written by:
Piotr Szulkin, Tadeusz Sobolewski
Cinematography by:
Zygmunt Samosiuk
Edited by:
Magdalena Biedrzycka
Music by:
Zygmunt Konieczny, Józef Skrzek
Sound by:
Nikodem Wołk-Łaniewski
Set Decoration by:
Zbigniew Warpechowski, Janusz Własow
Costume Designer:
Małgorzata Stefaniak
Production Manager:
Józef Leszek Sobczyk
Cast
Marek Walczewski (Pernat),
Krystyna Janda (Rozyna),
Joanna Żółkowska (Miriam),
Anna Jaraczówna (old woman),
Mariusz Dmochowski (Holtrum, father of Rozyna and student),
Wiesław Drzewicz (Miriam\'s father),
Henryk Bąk (custody storekeeper),
Jan Nowicki ("dream leader" with the "hat"),
Wojciech Pszoniak (prisoner),
Krzysztof Majchrzak (student, Rozyna\'s brother),
Grażyna Bernacka (in the credits appeared as Biernacka),
Zofia Czerwińska (lavatory attendant),
Natalia Sikorska,
Arkadiusz Bazak (chief physician),
Zbigniew Buczkowski (male nurse),
Emil Karewicz (chief physician),
Ryszard Kotys (armless elevator operator),
Stanisław Manturzewski,
Borys Marynowski (male nurse assisting during the operation),
Marian Opania (doctor "creating" Pernat),
Ryszard Pietruski (agent pretending to be a chimney sweep),
Jan Pietrzak (dentist-optician),
Andrzej Seweryn (doctor "creating" Pernat),
Józef Skrzek (musician),
Bogusław Sobczuk (police investigator),
Grzegorz Warchoł (blind man\'s guide)