Polish Film Academy: Interwar Genres: Patriotic Film | Kościuszko pod Racławice + Lead Soldiers

TypeHall 1 - Cinema

Hour

16.11

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Jan 17 |

Lecture: Mariusz Guzek, PhD

Kosciuszko pod Raclawice (92')

When in 1791 the Grand Sejm passed the Constitution of May 3, which introduced revolutionary changes in the functioning of the Polish state, the Russian Empress Catherine II, fearing the growth of libertarian tendencies and the power of Poland, introduced Russian troops to its borders, They were headed by the Russian ambassador in Warsaw, General Otto von Igelström (Gustaw Buszyr ński), a despot and a pole-eater. The idea of an armed uprising against a foreign oppressor, emerging among the patriotic representatives of the nobility, the bourgeoisie and the peasantry, is beginning to permeate ever wider circles. When General von Igelström issued an order in the spring of 1794 to reduce the Polish army by half and to force the reduced soldiers into the Russian army, a revolt broke out among the soldiers' brothers. Polish troops leave for Krakow, where Tadeusz Kościuszko (Tadeusz Białoszczyński), who arrived from Dresden, is at the head of the insurrection and frantic preparations for a confrontation with the Russian power begin.

Language: PolishKOŚCIUSZKO POD RACŁAWICAMI, dir. Józef Lejtes, Poland 1938, 92'

--For whom: youth, adults

Venue: Sala 1 - Kinowa

Tickets: PLN 15 (for a single session), PLN 150 (pass for the whole semester)

Lead Soldiers (8')

Deputies from a neighboring state arrive in the capital to declare war. Preparations and mobilization of the population begin. Trains heading to the front are full of soldiers and military equipment. Finally, hostilities begin, in which not only infantry takes part, but also artillery, tanks and air forces. After a long struggle, the soldiers of the victorious army return home. This is a rare example of a pre-war Polish animated film. As the caption reads: “This film is an experiment in which only ordinary, simplest children's toys were used.”

LEAD SOLDIERS, dir. Maksymilian Emmer, Jerzy Maliniak, 1939, 8'