Wizja lokalna 1901
Wizja lokalna 1901
Release: 1981-01-26
·Runtime: 86m
·★ 5.5
History
More documentary in its approach than dramatized history, this is a compelling story about a 1901 children's strike in Wrzesnia near the Polish border with Prussia. Poland was partitioned at this time, and a rigidly patriotic Prussian teacher in Wrzesnia follows the dictates of the Germans in parliament and insists that the children be taught their religion classes in German. When the children refuse to take part in the classes, they are supported by the local priest, but that does not save them from being beaten. They are also kept after school and tormented in other ways as well. Newspapers, parents, and the nation as a whole get involved, transforming a simple children's strike into a national incident.
Production Countries
Poland
Production Companies
Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych w Łodzi
Studio Filmowe Tor
Cast
Mieczysław Voit
as Count Kościelewski
Wirgiliusz Gryń
as Smólkowski
Wiesław Wójcik
as (uncredited)
Zbigniew Buczkowski
as Achim
Wiesław Drzewicz
as Inspector Winter
Jerzy Trela
as Winkler
Alfred Struwe
Hans-Joachim Recknitz
as Gendarme
Wiesław Komasa
Tadeusz Łomnicki
as Mayor Mossenbach
Daniel Olbrychski
as Father Paczkowski
Helena Kowalczykowa
as Gadzińska
Henryk Bista
as Fedtke
Zdzisław Wardejn
as Koralewski
Andrzej Wasilewicz
as Gardo
Jerzy Stuhr
as Wagner
Stanisław Michalski
as Langner
Karl Sturm
as Gendarme
Janusz Michałowski
as Photographer
Tadeusz Gwiazdowski
Stanisław Igar
as Głębocki
Michał Leśniak
as Września citizen
