The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
198 audience votes
Key crew
- Krzysztof KieślowskiDirector
- Krzysztof KnittelOriginal Music Composer
- Krzysztof KieślowskiScreenplay
Cast
- Jerzy StuhrFilip Mosz
- Małgorzata ZąbkowskaIrka Mosz
- Ewa PokasAnna Włodarczyk
- Stefan CzyżewskiDirector
- Jerzy NowakStanisław Osuch
- Tadeusz BradeckiWitek Jachowicz
- Marek LitewkaPiotrek Krawczyk
- Bogusław SobczukKędzierski
- Krzysztof ZanussiKrzysztof Zanussi
- Andrzej JurgaAndrzej Jurga
- Alicja BienicewiczJaśka
- Tadeusz RepkaWawrzyniec
Stills
Themes
factory workerfactorycamerapolandfilmmakingsuper 8mm footagedocumentary filmmakingmarital problemcommunist partythuggish bossparty politicspost-war poland