Movielogr
Wizja lokalna 1901 (1981)
Directed by Filip Bajon
Overview
More documentary in its approach than dramatized history, this is a compelling story about a 1901 children’s strike in Wrzesnia near the Polish border with Prussia. Poland was partitioned at this time, and a rigidly patriotic Prussian teacher in Wrzesnia follows the dictates of the Germans in parliament and insists that the children be taught their religion classes in German. When the children refuse to take part in the classes, they are supported by the local priest, but that does not save them from being beaten. They are also kept after school and tormented in other ways as well. Newspapers, parents, and the nation as a whole get involved, transforming a simple children’s strike into a national incident.
Length 86 minutes
Actors
Tadeusz Łomnicki | Daniel Olbrychski | Jerzy Stuhr | Zygmunt Bielawski | Henryk Bista | Wiesław Drzewicz | Zdzisław Wardejn | Andrzej Wasilewicz | Stanislaw Igar | Mieczysław Voit | Stanisław Michalski | Jerzy Trela | Wirgiliusz Gryń | Alfred Struwe | Karl Sturm | Jack Recknitz | Paweł Wojtczak | Helena Kowalczykowa | Małgorzata Załuska | Zbigniew Buczkowski | Janusz Michałowski | Tadeusz Gwiazdowski | Michał Leśniak | Włodzimierz Musiał | Marian Pogasz | Wiesław Komasa | Zdzislaw Szymborski | Elżbieta Borysiak | Krzysztof Kozłowski | Grzegorz Dobrzycki | Marek Adamowicz | Jarosław Górka | Andrzej Kurczewski | Roman Ławniczak | Marzena Frydryszak | Leszek Kubiak | Zbigniew Nowak | Jarosław Osztynowicz | Renata Różycka | Janusz Stachowski | Slawomir Walczyk | Grażyna Wojtczak | Gabriela Wojtkowiak | Waldemar Łukasik | Kazimierz Błaszczyński | Czesław Magnowski | Wiesław Wójcik