Polish Cuisine 1991
Synopsis
In 1945, the soldiers of the Polish Army return in large numbers to Poland from the West. One of them is a lieutenant Stanisław Szymanko, who served as a RAF pilot, and now comes back home together with his English wife – Margaret. On the day of Stalin\'s death, Szymanko is arrested. Left on her own, Margaret tries to save her husband. She asks Colonel Bergman for his help and he promises to stand up for her husband. However, fascinated by Margaret, Bergman begins to play a double game. He makes promises one after another, at the same time trying to seduce the desperate woman. Meanwhile, Szymanko\'s trial ends and the court pronounces the sentence.
The film makes an attempt to settle accounts with the communist past of the first half of the 1950s. It is often compared to "Przesłuchanie" ("Interrogation") by Ryszard Bugajski, which featured Krystyna Janda in a similar dramatic part.
About
Year of production:
1991
Genre:
Political drama
Premiere:
18-11-1991
Technical specs:
Color, 113’
Production:
Zebra Film Studio
Filmmakers
Directed by:
Jacek Bromski
Written by:
Jacek Bromski
Cinematography by:
Edward Kłosiński, Janusz Gauer
Edited by:
Jadwiga Zajicek
Music by:
Henri Seroka
Sound by:
Jerzy Szawłowski
Set Decoration by:
Dorota Ignaczak
Costume Designer:
Wiesława Starska, Eleonora Buhl
Production Manager:
Dorota Ostrowska-Orlińska
Cast
Krystyna Janda (Margaret Szymanko),
Krzysztof Kolberger (Jerzy Bergman),
Piotr Machalica (Henryk Kowalczyk),
Marek Kondrat (Stanisław Szymanko, husband of Margaret),
Wiktor Zborowski (Jan Biesiekierski),
Krzysztof Majchrzak (major Bolko),
Sława Kwaśniewska (Jarosława Szymanko, mother of Stanisław, in the opening credits under the first name: Stanisława),
Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska (Irena Biesiekierska, Jan\'s wife),
Anna Chodakowska (Alicja, Bergman\'s wife),
Janusz Michałowski (lawyer Świątek),
Leon Niemczyk (Ignacy Feureisen, clerk at the Ministry of Public Security),
Teresa Lipowska (principal),
Joanna Kasperska (Bergman\'s secretary),
Halina Rowicka (Mrs Helena Kowalczyk, Henryk\'s wife),
Gustaw Lutkiewicz (director of the state-owned collective farm),
Eugeniusz Kamiński (general Władysław Łabuz),
Jarosław Kopaczewski (Lipiński, Bolko\'s subordinate),
Jacek Strzemżalski (policeman),
Ryszard Jabłoński (Chrobot, constable at Miłków),
Jan Jurewicz (corporal, constable at Miłków),
Zdzisław Rychter (Fajbusiewicz, Bolko\'s subordinate),
Andrzej Grabarczyk ("guide" on the plane "to Sweden," UB officer),
Aleksandr Borodiański (major Kriworuczenko, Łabuz\'s acquaintance on the hunt),
Wasilij Miszczenko (Soviet soldier),
Runnals Davis (British consul),
Włodzimierz Bednarski (LWP general at the "Monopol" hotel restaurant),
Zofia Czerwińska (woman on the plane),
Sławomir Holland (Margaret\'s killer),
Kazimierz Orzechowski (Father Kazimierz, parish priest in Biesiekiery),
Jacek Domański (undercover agent in Szymanko\'s apartment),
Tadeusz Wojtych (tailor, organizer of the tour "to Sweden"),
Jerzy Zass (judge presiding at Szymanko\'s trial),
Kazimierz Mazur (prison guard),
Sławomir Orzechowski (Jerzy Mizerski, witness at Szymanko\'s trial),
Andrzej Grąziewicz (prosecutor accusing Szymanko),
Krzysztof Wróblewski (butcher Marchoł),
Jerzy Gudejko (general\'s adjutant at the "Monopol" hotel restaurant),
Włodzimierz Wiszniewski (Miłkow village administrator),
Piotr Grabowski (priest on the plane),
Andrzej Gawroński (clerk at the eviction of the Szymankos)