The Doll (1968 film)

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The Doll
Beata Tyszkiewicz in The Doll, 1968
Directed byWojciech Has
Written byWojciech Has
Based onThe Doll
by Bolesław Prus
StarringBeata Tyszkiewicz
Mariusz Dmochowski
Tadeusz Fijewski
CinematographyStefan Matyjaszkiewicz
Edited byZofia Dwornik
Music byWojciech Kilar
Production
company
Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych (Łódź)
Release date
  • 7 November 1968 (1968-11-07) (Poland)
Running time
151 mins.
CountryPoland
LanguagePolish

The Doll (

Wojciech Jerzy Has
.

The film is an adaptation of the novel The Doll by Bolesław Prus,[1] which is regarded by many as one of the finest Polish novels ever written. The influence of Émile Zola is evident, and some have compared the novel to Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert; both were Prus's contemporaries. The movie, however, may be more compared to Stendhal's The Red and the Black.[citation needed]

The Doll constitutes a panorama of life in

anti-Semitic ideas are born, valuable individuals meet obstacles on their way, and scoundrels are successful. [citation needed
]

This poetic love story follows a nouveau riche merchant, Stanislaw Wokulski, through a series of trials and tribulations occasioned by his obsessive passion for an aristocratic beauty, Izabela Lecka (played by Beata Tyszkiewicz).[citation needed]

Plot

As a descendant of an impoverished Polish noble family, young Wokulski is forced to work as a waiter at Hopfer's, a

Russo-Turkish War
, and Wokulski makes a fortune supplying the Russian Army. The enterprising Wokulski now proves a romantic at heart, falling in love with Izabela, daughter of the vacuous, bankrupt aristocrat, Tomasz Łęcki. In his quest to win Izabela, Wokulski begins frequenting theatres and aristocratic salons; and to help her financially distressed father, founds a company and sets the aristocrats up as shareholders in his business. The indolence of these aristocrats, who secure with their pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, frustrates Wokulski. His ability to make money is respected but his lack of family and social rank is condescended to. Because of his "help" (in secret) to Izabela's impecunious but influential father, the girl becomes aware of his affection. In the end she consents to accept him, but without true devotion or love.

Cast

Reception

Time Out calls the film "A handsomely mounted Polish marathon".[2]

References

  1. ^ The Doll, retrieved 2023-07-28
  2. ^ DP (2012-09-10). "The Doll". Time Out Worldwide. Retrieved 2023-07-28.

External links

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