Movielogr
The Mother of the Kings (1987)
Directed by Janusz Zaorski
Overview
Made in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krol’s husband under the tram. She gives birth to her fourth son on the floor of their new apartment. Neighbor Wiktor, a communist intellectual, befriends the poverty-stricken family but is soon arrested and sent to jail. During the war Lucja narrowly escapes a Nazi roundup at the black market. Her sons hold ardent Communist meetings in their apartment, with her blessing. Lucja works hard, but without complaint. After the war, Klemens is inexplicably arrested, accused by the new regime of being a collaborator. Wiktor, now a high-ranking party member, trying to defend him, himself falls into disgrace. Klemens is tortured to “confess” and dies in jail, a Communist to the end. Lucja is never told about his fate.
Length 127 minutes
Actors
Magda Teresa Wójcik | Zbigniew Zapasiewicz | Franciszek Pieczka | Bogusław Linda | Adam Ferency | Michał Juszczakiewicz | Krzysztof Zaleski | Joanna Szczepkowska | Henryk Bista | Zbigniew Bielski | Tadeusz Huk | Jerzy Trela | Jerzy Stuhr | Andrzej Zaorski | Marian Opania | Eugeniusz Kamiński | Bolesław Abart | Władysław Dewoyno | Barbara Dziekan | Maria Probosz | Bogusław Sar | Bożena Stryjkówna | Andrzej Szenajch | Zygmunt Malawski | Zdzisław Szymański | Barbara Połomska | Bożena Miller | Andrzej Mrowiec | Włodzimierz Kwaskowski | Marek Kępiński | Elzbieta Osterwa | Zbigniew Korepta | Andrzej Łągwa | Zbigniew Buczkowski | Janusz Dziubiński | Bogusław Marczak