Brzezina
Drama
A musician tries to find his inner peace in a cottage within the woods.
Director
Andrzej Wajda
Writers
Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz, Andrzej Wajda
Stars
Daniel Olbrychski, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Emilia Krakowska
Release Date
November 10, 1970
Language
Polish
Country
Poland
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🎭 Top Cast
Daniel Olbrychski
as Boleslaw
Olgierd Lukaszewicz
as Stanislaw
Emilia Krakowska
as Malina
Danuta Wodynska
as Katarzyna
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Elzbieta Zolek
as Ola
Marek Perepeczko
as Michal
Mieczyslaw Stoor
as Piano Owner's Brother
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Alina Szpak
as Piano Owner
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Jan Domanski
as Janek
Andrzej Kotkowski
as Man
🎬 Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Filming Location
Minsk Mazowiecki, Mazowieckie, Poland
Production
Zespol Filmowy "Tor"
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Trying to find peace with yourself while dying
"The main character of this movie is Death. Not the impersonated Death, as seen in Bergman's "The Seventh Seal" or in Foss's "All That Jazz", but rather the sorrowful consciousness of human frailty. The main character, a Polish musician (because, as you've already seen, Wajda is Polish) on the threshold of death, tries to find his inner peace in a cottage within the woods. Don't expect action or hype. This is mainly an artsy, European-style movie, whose image and birch forests are strongly reminding of Tarkovsky, especially "Ivan's Childhood&quo..."
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📖 Synopsis
A musician tries to find his inner peace in a cottage within the woods.