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The Artist Who Opposed The Soviet Dictatorship. - Afterimage
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Title: Afterimage

Release Date: 22 Oct 2016

Runtime: 1h 38m

Genre: Drama, History

Director: Akson Studio, TVP, EC1 Łódź, Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny

Production Companies: Akson Studio, TVP, EC1 Łódź, Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny

Overview: In 1945, as Stalin sets his hands over Poland, famous painter Wladislaw Strzeminski refuses to compromise on his art with the doctrines of social realism. Persecuted, expelled from his chair at the University, he's eventually erased from the museums' walls. With the help of some of his students, he starts fighting against the Party and becomes the symbol of an artistic resistance against intellectual tyranny.

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Average Vote: 6.6 (80 votes)

Cast

  • Władysław Strzemiński: Bogusław Linda
  • Nika Strzemińska: Bronisława Zamachowska
  • Hania: Zofia Wichłacz
  • Katarzyna Kobro: Aleksandra Justa
  • Julian Przyboś: Krzysztof Pieczyński
  • Madejski: Mariusz Bonaszewski
  • Shop Assistant: Rafał Zawierucha
  • : Jacek Beler
  • Konrad: Filip Gurłacz
  • Rajner: Aleksander Fabisiak
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