The Wedding
Wesele
Release: 1973-01-09
·Runtime: 102m
·★ 7.3
Drama
Fantasy
History
Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past.
Production Countries
Poland
Production Companies
Zespół Filmowy "X"
Cast
Ewa Ziętek
as Bride
Emilia Krakowska
as Marysia
Mieczysław Stoor
as Wojtek
Andrzej Łapicki
as Poet
Mieczysław Czechowicz
as Priest
Wirgiliusz Gryń
as Szela
Wiktor Grotowicz
as Apparition (uncredited)
Maja Komorowska
as Rachela
Czesław Wołłejko
as Hetman
Izabela Olszewska
as Hostess
Andrzej Szczepkowski
as Nose
Gabriela Kownacka
as Zosia
Mieczysław Voit
as Jew
Wojciech Pszoniak
as Journalist / Stanczyk
Barbara Wrzesińska
as Maryna
Bożena Dykiel
as Kasia
Artur Młodnicki
as Wernyhora
Daniel Olbrychski
as Bridegroom
Henryk Borowski
as Old Man
Hanna Skarżanka
as Klimina
Kazimierz Opaliński
as Father
Małgorzata Lorentowicz
as Mrs. Councillor
Olgierd Łukaszewicz
as Ghost
Marek Walczewski
as Host
Marek Perepeczko
as Jasiek
Franciszek Pieczka
as Czepiec
Leszek Piskorz
as Staszek
Czesław Niemen
as Chochoł (voice)
Janusz Bukowski
as Kasper
Crew
Tadeusz Drewno
Assistant Production Manager
Czesław Niemen
Original Music Composer
Halina Prugar-Ketling
Editor
Witold Sobociński
Director of Photography
Barbara Pec-Ślesicka
Production Manager
Andrzej Wajda
Director
Slawomir Idziak
Camera Operator
Andrzej Kijowski
Screenplay
Jan Mogilnicki
Camera Operator
Halina Ber
Makeup Artist
Stanisław Radwan
Original Music Composer
Krystyna Zachwatowicz
Costume Design
Witold Holtz
Assistant Director
Andrzej Kotkowski
First Assistant Director