Shadow (film)
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Shadow is a 1956 Polish
film
directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival
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, one in the immediate aftermath of the war, and one in contemporary Poland. In each account, the victim seems to have been a mysterious, ambiguous presence, of shifting loyalties and suspicious connections, who set himself against the powers that be.
Critics attacked the film for its depiction of a world rife with secret agents and hidden enemies—a favorite Stalinist theme— while the film seems, rather, to demonstrate how heroism and villainy are often matters of point-of-view and timing.
Cinema of Poland
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directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival
1956 Cannes Film Festival
-Jury:*Maurice Lehmann *Arletty *Louise de Vilmorin *Jacques-Pierre Frogerais *Henri Jeanson *Domenico Meccoli *Otto Preminger *James Quinn *Roger Regent *María Romero...
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Plot
The plot involves a Rashōmon-like investigation into the life of a man who has been found dead after having been hurled from a train. As security agents, police and a medical examiner piece together his identity, three accounts emerge: one set during World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, one in the immediate aftermath of the war, and one in contemporary Poland. In each account, the victim seems to have been a mysterious, ambiguous presence, of shifting loyalties and suspicious connections, who set himself against the powers that be.
Critics attacked the film for its depiction of a world rife with secret agents and hidden enemies—a favorite Stalinist theme— while the film seems, rather, to demonstrate how heroism and villainy are often matters of point-of-view and timing.
Cast
- Zygmunt Kestowicz as Knyszyn
- Adolf Chronicki as Karbowski
- Emil KarewiczEmil KarewiczEmil Karewicz is a Polish television and cinema actor.-External links:...
as Jasiczka - Ignacy Machowski as Shadow
- Tadeusz Jurasz as Mikula
- Boleslaw Plotnicki as Railwayman
- Bohdan Ejmont as Officer
- Marian Lacz as Stefan
- Zdzislaw Szymanski as Peasant
- Halina Przybylska as Village Woman
- Antoni JuraszAntoni JuraszAntoni Stanisław Jurasz was a Polish laryngologist who was a native of Spławie . He was the father of surgeon Antoni Tomasz Jurasz ....
as Lt. Antoni - Wieslaw Golas as Underground Soldier
- Barbara Polomska as Stefan's Friend
- Stanislaw MikulskiStanislaw MikulskiStanisław Mikulski is a Polish theatre, television, cinema actor and was a host of the Polish game show Wheel of Fortune ....
as Blonde - Roman Klosowski as Witold