Summary Set in 1946, the film tells a story of a Polish villager returning home after years in a concentration camp. Mateusz is an old-timer, a saddler, who finds nothing but hostility when he makes it home after years away. He is not a Jew, though the villagers brand him one and give him a hard time. They feel guilty about the death of his son at the end of the war, and don't want the father around. In the background: beginnings of the Communist regime in Poland. View more details
Directed : Jan Jakub Kolski
Written : Jan Jakub Kolski
Stars : Adam Ferency Franciszek Pieczka Ewa Zukowska Mariusz Saniternik
Genres : Drama
Release date : Apr 11, 1991
Countries of origin : Poland
Language : Polish
Filming locations : Poddebice, Lódzkie, Poland
Production companies : Studio Filmowe im. Karola Irzykowskiego
Summary Set in 1946, the film tells a story of a Polish villager returning home after years in a concentration camp. Mateusz is an old-timer, a saddler, who finds nothing but hostility when he makes it home after years away. He is not a Jew, though the villagers brand him one and give him a hard time. They feel guilty about the death of his son at the end of the war, and don't want the father around. In the background: beginnings of the Communist regime in Poland. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Apr 11, 1991
Countries of origin : Poland
Language : Polish
Filming locations : Poddebice, Lódzkie, Poland
Production companies : Studio Filmowe im. Karola Irzykowskiego
