A pearl in the crown
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | A pearl in the crown |
| Original title | Perła w coronie |
| Country of production | Poland |
| original language | Polish |
| Publishing year | 1972 |
| length | 111 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kazimierz Kutz |
| script | Kazimierz Kutz |
| music | Wojciech Kilar |
| camera | Stanislaw Loth |
| cut | Irena Choryńska |
| occupation | |
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A pearl in the crown is a Polish feature film from 1972.
action
The film is set in Silesia in the mid-1930s . The Polish miner Jaś works in a German mine . His wife Wichta raises his two young sons while he works in the underground mine . When the German owners decide to close the mine because of its poor profitability , the miners strike . The underground mine is to be flooded. The strikers occupy the mine and the relatives take care of it, although the police hermetically seal the mine. When the miners go on hunger strike, the solidary families demonstrate in front of the colliery. The demonstrations are brutally suppressed by the police. But the miners still believe that they can save the colliery. When the miners informed the management that they would not leave the tunnels even in the event of flooding, a positive agreement was finally reached with the owners. Jaś leaves the mine with his colleagues and returns to his family.
Reviews
"Committed description of social and human problems in the working class environment of that time."
Awards
The film was invited to the Cannes International Film Festival in 1972 , but received nothing at the award ceremony. At the 1972 Milan International Film Festival , the film was awarded the Golden Globe for best film.
Web links
- A pearl in the crown in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ A pearl in the crown. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 3, 2017 .