Warsaw 44 (Polish Title: Miasto 44)
NZ Premiere
Opening Night Gala Screening
Celebrate the Opening Night of the Wellington Polish Film Festival 2018 by joining us at 6.30pm for a glass of wine and nibbles. All Opening Night Tickets - $30. Screening starts at 7.30pm
Director: Jan Komasa
Drama, History, Romance
Poland
2014
Polish with English subtitles
120 min
Colour
DCP
Rating: R16 Graphic violence, sex scenes, nudity & content that may disturb.
Trailer
A big-budget epic tale of youth, love, courage and sacrifice, which takes place during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 against the German Nazi Occupation.
WW2 is coming to an end. Warsaw is still occupied by the Nazis. Young people are tired of suffering. They are hungry for a new life and they want it now. The urge to rebel against the occupiers is overwhelming. On the 1st of August 1944, unarmed citizens start an uprising that lasts 63 days and brings an apocalypse upon the city.
One of the most expensive Polish film projects directed by the highly praised filmmaker Jan Komasa, with special effects by Richard Bain, the man behind the visual effects of Casino Royale, Inception and King Kong. A riveting film about youth, love and bravery of young Poles destined to enter adulthood in the tragic days of German occupation.
Zofia Wichlacz
Introduction and Q + A with Zofia Wichlacz - Opening Night Gala Screening
Zofia made her screen acting debut as female lead in Warsaw 44, which earned her a Golden Lion for Best Leading Actress at the 2014 Gdynia Film Festival and a Polish Academy Award as Discovery Of The Year in 2015. Since then, she has worked with such acclaimed Polish directors as the late Andrzej Wajda on his last feature film Afterimage and Agnieszka Holland for Spoor. Zofia was cast in the female leads of Maciej Sobieszczanski’s Zgoda and Katarzyna Adamik’s Amok and was named one of the European Shooting Stars at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival.
Crew
Director: Jan Komasa
Screenwriter: Jan Komasa
Cinematography: Marian Prokop
Production Design: Grzegorz Piątkowski, Marek Warszewski
Interior Design: Inga Palacz, Kinga Babczyńska
Costumes: Dorota Roqueplo
Military Costumes: Magdalena Rutkiewicz-Luterek
Music: Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz
Sound: Bartosz Putkiewicz
Sound Designer: Daniel Pellerin
Editor: Michał Czarnecki
Hair and Make-up: Dariusz Krysiak
Special Effects: Upp
Assistant Directors: Nadia Lebik, Hubert Koprowicz
Casting: Ewa Brodzka, Nadia Lebik
Production Manager: Magdalena Badura
Executive Producers: Katarzyna Fukacz-Cebula, Małgorzata Fogel-Gabryś
Producer: Michał Kwieciński
Produced By: Akson Studio
Cast
Stefan – Józef Pawłowski
Biedronka – Zofia Wichłacz
Kama – Anna Próchniak
Góral – Maurycy Popiel
Beksa – Antoni Królikowski
Kobra – Tomasz Schuchardt
Pająk – Michał Meyer
Miki – Grzegorz Daukszewicz
Czarny – Michał Żurawski
Beata – Karolina Staniec
Rogal – Filip Gurłacz
Ewa- Jaśmina Polak
Klara – Magdalena Koleśnik
Aleksander – Michał Mikołajczak
Ojciec Biedronki – Krzysztof Stelmaszyk
Matka Stefana – Monika Kwiatkowska
Adam – Jan Kowalewski
Jan Komasa: Bio
Jan Komasa is an acclaimed young Polish film director and screenwriter born in Poznan in 1981. He studied at the National Film School in Lodz and in 2003 directed his short film, “Nice to See You”, which won an award at the Cannes Film Festival in the Cinefondation section. His 2011 feature film Suicide Room (Sala samobójców) won various prestigious film awards in Poland and abroad.