The Scar (1976)

Movie
German title	Scar
Original title	Blizna
Country of production	Poland
original language	Polish
Publishing year	1976
length	112 minutes
Rod
Director	Krzysztof Kieślowski
script	Krzysztof Kieślowski , Romuald Karaś
production	Studio Filmowe TOR
music	Stanislaw Radwan
camera	Sławomir Idziak
cut	Krystyna Gornicka
occupation
Franciszek Pieczka : Stefan Bednarz Mariusz Dmochowski : Chairman Jerzy Stuhr : Bednarz's assistant Jan Skotnicki : Transport manager in the combine Michał Tarkowski : TV reporter Stanislaw Igar : Minister Stanislaw Michalski : Andrzej Skupien : Halina Winiarska : wife of Bednarz Joanna Orzeszkowska : daughter of Bednarz Jadwiga Bryniarska : Agnieszka Holland : Bednarz's secretary Malgorzata Lesniewska : Asja Lamtiugina : Ryszard Bacciarelli :

The Scar is a feature film drama by Krzysztof Kieślowski from 1976. Two years later the film was also released in East German cinemas. A little later it was shown on West German TV.

action

As a party official, Stefan Bednarz is supposed to lead the construction of a chemical factory in his hometown. The local population, however, rejects the construction in part, as the village is growing into an industrial center. As a result, in a conflict of conscience, Bednarz resigned and resigned from his task.

Awards

Franciszek Pieczka received the Best Actor Award at the Polish Film Festival in 1976 for his portrayal of Stefan Bednarz. Krzysztof Kieślowski received an honorary award for his film drama.

reception

Kultur online sees the work as a film that is clearly attached to Kieślowski's documentary roots and that paints a “dreary picture [...] of Poland”. The "colors are literally driven out of the film, the sky is gray instead of blue".

Zelluloid.de also recognizes the dramatic imagery of the drama, but above all recognizes the far-sightedness of the film, "in whose sensitive images the ecological and political catastrophes are already apparent, towards which not only Poland in the seventies was heading."

pat

The short documentary film Klaps was made during the shooting . He repeatedly shows the falling clapperboard and short scenes from the feature film.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.imdb.de , accessed on July 8, 2009.
2. ↑ www.kultur-online.de , accessed on July 8, 2009.
3. ↑ The scar. In: Zelluloid.de. Archived from the original on January 13, 2017 ; accessed on August 11, 2018 . 

Web links

• The scar in the Internet Movie Database (English)