Murnau Filmtheater, 12.04.2014, 20:00
ILUMINACJA / THE ILLUMINATION
Stations in the life of a fledgling natural scientist in search of the meaning of life and death: this initiation process enables Franciszek to break out of his self-imposed isolation and repair his familial bonds. But no sooner has he done so than he learns he is suffering from heart disease and must face the prospect of dying. The rebellion of his body, and nothing else, forces him to abandon his radical quest for truth and knowledge. The cameraman and alpine mountaineer Stanisław Latałło, who would die in the Himalayas one year later, played the lead role, in which he fused with his character to become a model for the young intelligentsia of his generation.
Preceded by Wojciech Wiszniewski´s HEART ATTACK (7 min). Provided by / Sales: Filmoteka Narodowa
Poland 1972
87 min, DCP, colour
DIRECTOR
Krzysztof Zanussi
SCREENPLAY
Krzysztof Zanussi
CAMERA
Edward Kłosiński
EDITOR
Urszula Śliwińska
CAST
Stanisław Latałło
Małgorzata Pritulak
Monika Dzienisiewicz-Olbrychska
Edward Żebrowski
Włodzimierz Zonn
Jan Skotnicki
Irena Horecka
PRODUCTION
Studio Filmowe Tor, Poland
PROVIDED BY
Studio Filmowe Tor, Poland
SALES
Studio Filmowe Tor, Poland