The Calm (film)
| The Calm | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| Screenplay by | Krzysztof Kieślowski Jerzy Stuhr |
| Story by | Lech Borski |
| Produced by | Zbigniew Romatowski |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Jacek Petrycki |
| Edited by | Maria Szymanska |
| Music by | Piotr Figiel |
| Distributed by | Polish Television |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | Poland |
| Language | Polish |
The Calm (
Plot
A young man in Poland, Antek Gralak (Jerzy Stuhr), is released from prison after serving a three-year sentence. Leaving his home town of Kraków, Antek heads for a construction site in Silesia where he is not known. He dreams of living a simple life, with a job, a wife, and home. In Silesia he is anxious to avoid trouble and is friendly with his colleagues and grateful to his employer for hiring him.
Antek meets a nice young woman, falls in love, and gets married. His joyful new life is soon interrupted, however, when he becomes involved in a conflict at work. Construction materials have disappeared and Antek's boss, who is involved in the theft, deducts the loss from the workers' wages. Thinking he can trust Antek, the boss tries to get him involved in his underhanded deals.
Soon a strike breaks out among the workers. Torn between his boss and his coworkers, Antek, who is only interested in finding peace, shows up for work. Believing Antek to be in league with their corrupt boss, the striking workers beat him up as he mutters, "Calm ... calm ..."[4][3]
Cast
- Jerzy Stuhr as Antek Gralak
- Izabella Olszewska
- Jerzy Trela
- Jan Adamski
- Marian Cebulski
- Edward Dobrzanski
- Ryszard Dreger
- Jerzy Fedorowicz
- Stanislaw Gronkowski
- Elzbieta Karkoszka
- Stanislaw Marczewski
- Stefan Mienicki
- Jan Nizinski
- Ryszard Palik
- Danuta Ruksza
- Janusz Sykutera
- Feliks Szajnert
- Michal Szulkiewicz
- Grzegorz Warchol
- Ferdynand Wójcik
- Michal Zarnecki[7]
Reception
Awards and nominations
- 1981 Polish Film Festival Special Jury Prize (Krzysztof Kieslowski) Won[6]
References
- Notes
- Citations
- ^ Bjorkenheim, Cosmo (September 30, 2016). "The Calm". Screen Slate.
- ^ "Spokój". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ a b Kieślowski (1998) p. 247.
- ^ a b Innsdorf (1999) p. 40.
- ^ Kieślowski (1998) p. 134.
- ^ a b "Awards for Spokój". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ "Full cast and crew for Spokój". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- Bibliography
- Insdorf, Annette (1999). Double Lives, Second Chances: The Cinema of Krzysztof Kieślowski. New York: Hyperion. ISBN 0-7868-6562-8.
- Kieślowski, Krzysztof (1998). Stok, Danusia (ed.). Kieślowski on Kieślowski. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-17328-4.
External links
- Spokój at IMDb
