Heiners Filmseiten – History of Cinema in Popielawy (en)

History of Cinema in Popielawy (Historia kina w Popielawach)

German title: Die Geschichte des Kinos im Dorf Popielawy
Francaise title: Histoire du cinéma à Popielawy
Spain title: La historia del cine en Popielawy
Russian title: История кино в Попелявах
Original title: Historia kina w Popielawach

Alternative titles:
The History Of The Cinema In The Village Of Popielawy

Drama – Poland
Production year: 1998
Movie length: 99 minutes

Director: Jan Jakub Kolski
Writer: Jan Jakub Kolski
Cinematograph: Krzysztof Ptak
Music: Zygmunt Konieczny

Movie description:

The story is narrated by ten-year old Staszek, who writes in his diary about his school-friend Jozef. Jozef comes from a family of blacksmiths, all of whom bear the name Jozef. Since he is the sixth consecutive son to be called Jozef, he is nicknamed Szustek (meaning »sixth one«). Szustek’s ancestor, Jozef I, is notable for having invented an early form of cinema projector, constructed from large wooden beams and driven by horses, and Kolski’s film is »a little about this and something else«. Although Jozef I’s plans are thwarted with the second uprising against the Russian Empire in 1863, the apparatus survives in the family for over 100 years – until it is destroyed in a drunken arson attack. Szustek is inconsolable, a state that his father cannot understand. It is not until the frail son is admitted to a sanatorium that his father agrees to help rebuild the machine.

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