Wilko's girls

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Movie
German title Wilko's girls
Original title Panny z Wilka
Country of production Poland , France
original language Polish
Publishing year 1979
length 111 minutes
Rod
Director Andrzej Wajda
script Zbigniew Kamiński
music Karol Szymanowski
(1st Violin Concerto op.35)
camera Edward Kłosiński
cut Halina Prugar
occupation

Wilko's Girls is a Polish feature film from 1979. The film was based on a story by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz . Alternative title: Die Mädchen vom Wilkohof .

action

The film is set in the early 1930s. Viktor Ruben has lost his best friend. After his funeral he collapses. His doctor suggests that he retreat to the country to gain some distance and so he drives to his aunt and uncle. He had spent his childhood and youth here and had not been there for 15 years. At the time, Wiktor was the rooster in the basket of six sisters on the neighboring Wilko estate. When he arrives at Wilko, the sisters are gathered. You have also come to spend the summer vacation here. After 15 years of absence, Wiktor learns that one of the sisters (Fela) died exactly 15 years ago. Julcia is married to Mr. Kawecki, who runs the estate. She is the mother of twins. Jola is married to a lawyer from Warsaw , but lives in voluntary separation from him. Kazia is a single mother and takes care of the sisters' mother. She is forced to go to the estate and at the mercy of Kawecki's tough management of the estate. Zosia has always looked at Wiktor from a great distance, and that has not changed even after 15 years. The youngest sister Tunia looks very similar to the deceased Fela. She was a child then, now a young woman. When Wiktor invites Tunia to go duck hunting, he kisses the girl at a picnic. Tunia, who is in love, soon realizes that her older sisters have a closer bond with Wiktor and that above all he sees in her the image of her deceased sister. She then locks them in their room and points the rifle at Wiktor, but does not pull the trigger. The summer holidays on Wilko bring back the old memories of the love for the sisters. But this love has passed too long. Wiktor never found a wife for life. He could never choose one of the sisters. It's too late now. Wiktor ends his vacation early and leaves Wilko.

background

The opening scene shows the writer Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz , who in a cemetery observes visitors who have put candles on the graves of their relatives on All Saints Day . In the last scene of the film, Iwaszkiewicz is on the train with which Wiktor Ruben is driving back home and is watching him. The train leaves the summer landscape of the 1930s and travels to wintry Warsaw today. The film was dedicated to the work and the person Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz.

The film was shot in the village of Radachówka in what was then the Siedlce Voivodeship . Wilko's Girls is the second film adaptation of a story by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz by Andrzej Wajda. In 1970 the film Das Birkenwäldchen was released . In 2008 Wajda returned to the work of Iwaszkiewicz with Tatarak .

Reviews

"The sensitive, atmospheric portrayal of a generation that was thrown out of step by the war and now, before it really begins to live, only sees farewell and death in front of it."

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

Production designer Allan Starski received an award for the best production design at the Polish Film Festival in 1979 . Andrzej Wajda was honored with a special jury prize at this festival. The film was nominated in 1980 for an Oscar in the category of best foreign language film . The Oscar went to The Tin Drum at the 1980 Academy Awards .

literature

  • Irene Genhart: "The women of Wilko". (sic) in Filmstellen VSETH & VSU , Ed .: Science Fiction. - Andrzej Wajda. Documentation 1990. Association of students at the University of VSU, Zurich 1990, without ISBN, p. 64f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The girls from Wilko. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 25, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used