Landscape After the Battle
Encyclopedia
Landscape After the Battle is a 1970
drama film
directed by Andrzej Wajda
and starring Daniel Olbrychski
; telling a story of a Nazi German concentration camp survivor soon after liberation, residing in a DP camp
somewhere in Germany. It is based on the writings of Holocaust survivor and Polish author Tadeusz Borowski. In most part, the plot revolves around the events depicted in Borowski's short story called "Bitwa pod Grunwaldem" ("The Battle of Grunwald") from his collection This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
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The Landscape After the Battle film tells a story of two young concentration camp survivors. A young Polish poet is asked by a pretty Jewish girl to go with her to the West. His camp experience, however, prevents him from realizing the depth of her love for him, and he is reluctant to commit. The woman is accidentally shot dead by an American soldier, causing the poet to cry for the first time in years. The shock of her death brings back the world of feelings suppressed by his Nazi captors, and allows for his original creativity to reemerge.
The film was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival
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1970 in film
The year 1970 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 9 - Larry Fine, the second member of The Three Stooges, suffers a massive stroke, therefore ending his career....
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Wajda is a Polish film director. Recipient of an honorary Oscar, he is possibly the most prominent member of the unofficial "Polish Film School"...
and starring Daniel Olbrychski
Daniel Olbrychski
Daniel Olbrychski is a Polish actor best known for leading roles in several Andrzej Wajda movies and also known for playing the Russian defector and spymaster Vassily Orlov, alongside Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie in the movie Salt....
; telling a story of a Nazi German concentration camp survivor soon after liberation, residing in a DP camp
Displaced person
A displaced person is a person who has been forced to leave his or her native place, a phenomenon known as forced migration.- Origin of term :...
somewhere in Germany. It is based on the writings of Holocaust survivor and Polish author Tadeusz Borowski. In most part, the plot revolves around the events depicted in Borowski's short story called "Bitwa pod Grunwaldem" ("The Battle of Grunwald") from his collection This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen, also known as Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Gas Chamber, is a collection of short stories by Tadeusz Borowski, which were inspired by the author's concentration camp experience. The original title in the Polish language was Pożegnanie z Marią...
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The Landscape After the Battle film tells a story of two young concentration camp survivors. A young Polish poet is asked by a pretty Jewish girl to go with her to the West. His camp experience, however, prevents him from realizing the depth of her love for him, and he is reluctant to commit. The woman is accidentally shot dead by an American soldier, causing the poet to cry for the first time in years. The shock of her death brings back the world of feelings suppressed by his Nazi captors, and allows for his original creativity to reemerge.
The film was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival
1970 Cannes Film Festival
The 1970 Cannes Film Festival was the 23rd competition. This year, Robert Favre LeBret, the founder of the festival, decided not to include any films from Russia and Japan...
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Cast
- Daniel OlbrychskiDaniel OlbrychskiDaniel Olbrychski is a Polish actor best known for leading roles in several Andrzej Wajda movies and also known for playing the Russian defector and spymaster Vassily Orlov, alongside Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie in the movie Salt....
- Tadeusz - Stanisława Celińska - Nina
- Aleksander BardiniAleksander BardiniAleksander Bardini was a Polish theatre and opera director, actor, notable professor at the State Theatre School in Warsaw...
- Professor - Tadeusz JanczarTadeusz JanczarTadeusz Janczar was a Polish film actor. He appeared in 26 films between 1952 and 1983.-Selected filmography:* Landscape After the Battle * Bad Luck * Farewells * Kanał * A Generation...
- Karol - Zygmunt MalanowiczZygmunt MalanowiczZygmunt Malanowicz is a Polish film actor. He has appeared in 30 films since 1962.-Selected filmography:* Knife in the Water * Naked among Wolves * Hunting Flies * Landscape After the Battle...
- Priest - Mieczysław StoorMieczysław StoorMieczysław Stoor was a Polish film actor. He appeared in 37 films between 1954 and 1973.-Selected filmography:* Landscape After the Battle * Jak rozpętałem drugą wojnę światową...
- Ensign - Leszek DrogoszLeszek DrogoszLeszek Drogosz is a retired Polish boxer and actor.He thrice won the gold medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships in the Light welterweight division at Warsaw 1953 and West Berlin 1955, and in the Welterweight division at Lucerne 1959. He participated in the Summer Olympics in Helsinki...
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- American Commandant - Malgorzata BraunekMalgorzata BraunekMałgorzata Braunek is a Polish film and stage actress. In 1969 she graduated at Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Warsaw. She is a former wife of director Andrzej Żuławski and a mother of actor and film director Xawery Żuławski.Małgorzata Braunek is also a long-time practitioner and...
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- Nina's Friend - Alina Szpak - German Woman
- Józef Pieracki - Cook