Three colors: white

Movie
German title	Three colors: white
Original title	Trzy kolory: Biały
Country of production	France Poland
original language	polish french
Publishing year	1994
length	91 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Krzysztof Kieślowski
script	Krzysztof Kieślowski Krzysztof Piesiewicz
production	Marin Karmitz
music	Zbigniew Preisner
camera	Edward Kłosiński
cut	Urszula Lesiak
occupation
Zbigniew Zamachowski : Karol Karol Julie Delpy : Dominique Janusz Gajos : Mikołaj Jerzy Stuhr : Jurek Aleksander Bardini : Notary Grzegorz Warchoł : elegant man Cezary Harasimowicz : Inspector Jerzy Nowak : old farmer Cezary Pazura : owner of an exchange office Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska : Mrs. Jadwiga, Karol customer
chronology
←  Predecessor Three colors: blue

Three colors: white is the second part of the three-color trilogy by Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski about the three colors of the French flag , which symbolize freedom , equality and brotherhood . The theme of the second film in the trilogy is equality. The relationship between Karol, a Polish hairdresser, and the beautiful Dominique, on whom he turns out to be dependent, appears to be an alternative to equality.

action

When Dominique rejects Karol because he can no longer live up to her sexual passions, a world collapses for him. Destitute and hopeless, he leaves France and goes back to Poland. There he developed into a clever businessman and successfully speculated in real estate. Since everything can now be obtained for money in post-communist Poland, he buys an unidentifiable corpse and stages his own death to lure Dominique to Poland for the funeral. The plan succeeds, at first it looks like a deceitful vengeance, but ultimately the restoration of equality is his motive.

Subject

The film is cynical about the issue of equality. Nobody really wants equality, says Kieślowski. So does Karol, who doesn't want to be equality, but better than others.

Reviews

The film service praised Kieślowski's film for its performance as an actor. Three colors: White is disappointing, however, "because its references to the topic of 'equality' remain vague and storylines and motifs stand side by side" .

Awards

At the 1994 Berlin International Film Festival , Drei Farben: Weiß was nominated for the Golden Bear and awarded a Silver Bear for Best Director.

literature

• Wollermann, Tobias (2002): On the music in the "Three Colors" trilogy by Krzysztof Kieślowski . Osnabrück: epOs-music. ISBN 3923486383

Web links

• Three Colors: White in theInternet Movie Database(English)

Footnotes

1. ↑ Tony Rayns: Glowing in the Dark . In: Sight and Sound . tape 4 , no. 6 , 1994, pp. 8-10 .
2. ↑ cf. Lexicon of International Films 2000/2001 (CD-ROM)