Pan Tadeusz (film)
- Bogusław Linda Jacek Soplica (Priest Robak )
- Daniel Olbrychski: Gerwazy
- Grazyna Szapolowska: Telimena
- Andrzej Seweryn: Judge Soplica
- Marek Kondrat: The Count
- Michał Żebrowski: Pan Tadeusz
- Alicja Bachleda - Curuś: Zosia
- Jerzy Bińczycki Maciej Królik - Rózeczka
- Marian Kociniak: Protazy
- Henryk Baranowski: Napoleon Bonaparte
- Krzysztof Kolberger: Adam Mickiewicz ( narrator)
Pan Tadeusz is a Polish feature film based on the eponymous epic poem by the Polish writer Adam Mickiewicz.
Action
Polish emigrants in Paris remember the last uprising against the Tsar in Poland - Lithuania. Adam Mickiewicz is one of them, and tells the story of Pan Tadeusz. The young Tadeusz Soplica returns in 1811 after completing his studies at the country seat of his family in Lithuania back. There, his guardian and brother of his father, the judge Soplica awaits him. The judge runs the estate. The house his family makes a completely empty impression. Tadeusz examined for its former children's room and discovers the girl Zosia.
In the evening there is a big festival in the Castle of the Counts. Tadeusz falls in love with the beautiful Telimena that is as Tadeusz much older and is also being courted by the Earl. It turns out that the girl Zosia is under the care of the Graf family and lives in his former room. The feelings for Telimena and Zosia confuse the young Tadeusz. They make him blind to the happenings around him. He also does not recognize the Priest Robak his father Jacek Soplica. Jacek Soplica brought shame on the family Soplica. For the murder of the ruling Count, he fled once a convent. Since then, the family Soplica lives in a dispute with the Earl family and is exposed to the vengeance of the Faithful Servant Gerwazy. In the garb of a priest Robak Jacek Soplica returns now. The patriotic priest Robak recognizes the possibility that Poland can gain its independence. It comes to the uprising against the Tsar. Robak is mortally wounded and reveals his identity on his deathbed. It comes to the reconciliation between the families, and Tadeusz can get engaged with Zosia.
Reviews
" The dialogues, thirteen silver with pairwise rhyme, have both admirable realism and ironic and self-ironic Pointierungen and poetry of romance. The linguistic beauty and power of the non-Polish audience does not open up, of course, to the full extent, but the supple sumptuous images of cinematographer Pawel Edelman convey visually complement the stylization of the of emotions, drama and excitement not just poor story. "
Awards
The film was awarded in 2000 with six Polish Film Awards. He received the award in the categories of Best Actress ( Grazyna Szapolowska ), Best Cinematography, Best Music, Best Art Direction ( Allan Starski ), Best Editing and Best Sound.