The Wedding

+ intro by Professor Ewa Mazierska, University of Lancashire

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Wajda employs hypnotic music and exciting cinematography to adapt a landmark Polish play.

  • Director

    Andrzej Wajda

  • With

    Daniel Olbrychski, Ewa Ziętek, Andrzej Łapicki

  • Poland 1972. 107min

  • Digital (restoration)

  • Certificate

    15

  • English subtitles

Stanisław Wyspiański’s influential 1901 play details a marriage ceremony between a poet and peasant. The wedding party is attended by a cross-section of society. However, the veneer of harmony is broken when ghosts – drawn from local history and legend – appear to the revellers. Wajda’s adaptation employs dizzying cinematography and creates an eerie atmosphere as he presents a searing critique of the nation. It became one of the most culturally significant works of Polish cinema.

Restored by The Chimney Pot.

Joint ticket available with An Introduction to Andrzej Wajda on Wednesday 11 February 18:20 NFT3, tickets £17, concessions £14 (Members pay £2.50 less). Book in person at the box office or by phone on 020 7928 3232.

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