Poznań 56
Poznań 56
The film depicts the momentous and tragic history of the Poznan uprising of 1956. The memory of the director, who was a nine-year-old boy at the time, is the only canvass of the script. The main characters of the black-and-white film are two boys aged ten and twelve. From their perspective, the viewer follows the development of events. From the depths of the gates, through the rails of fences and cluttered backyards, through the eyes of the children we watch the street riots. The film, without action in the literal sense of the word, was made using a reportage technique that perfectly captures the spontaneity of the Poznan uprising. Among other things, the author of the picture depicts the adventures of a young worker Zenek, who becomes the unwitting leader of the protest, and five professors, who by chance find themselves in the very center of events.
Production Countries
Cast
Tadeusz Szymków
as Stachu Kaczmarek, ojciec Piotrka
Janusz Gajos
as profesor w wagonie
Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
as profesor w wagonie
Olaf Lubaszenko
as czołgista
Antonina Choroszy
as matka Piotrka (w napisach błędna pisownia nazwiska: Horoszy)
Maciej Kozłowski
as UB-ek
Robert Więckiewicz
as robotnik
Mieczysław Hryniewicz
as człowiek z walizką
Daniel Olbrychski
as profesor w wagonie
Wojciech Standełło
Michał Żebrowski
as Zenek
Grzegorz Mostowicz-Gerszt
Agnieszka Różańska
as blondynka, pielęgniarka w szpitalu
Elżbieta Jarosik
as kobieta z UB
Henryk Abbe
as starszy robotnik
Jan Nowicki
as profesor w wagonie
Krzysztof Banaszyk
as strażnik więzienny
Dorota Sadowska
as brunetka, pielęgniarka w szpitalu
Bronisław Pawlik
as dziadek Piotrka
Sława Kwaśniewska
as ciotka Piotrka
Ildefons Stachowiak
as UB-ek
Grzegorz Wons
as ojciec Darka
Zbigniew Grochal
Lech Łotocki
Arnold Pujsza
Bogusław Sochnacki
as głos Darka (narratora-głównego bohatera) zza kadru
Grażyna Korin
as matka Darka
Agata Kulesza
as Zośka, nauczycielka bohaterów
Zdzisław Wardejn
as redaktor w poznańskiej rozgłośni Polskiego Radia
Jan Heba
as milicjant
