The Burial of a Potato
General Information
- Original Title
- Pogrzeb kartofla
- Author/Creator
- Kolski, Jan Jakub, director.
- Language
- Polish.
- Published
- Poland : Studio Filmowe im Karola Irzykowskiego, 1990.
- Physical Description
- DVD-ROM (96 min.)
- Digital ver. identifier
- HU_OSA_00002468
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- Set in 1946, the film tells the story of a Polish villager returning home after years in a concentration camp. Mateusz is an old-timer, a saddler, who finds nothing but hostility when he makes it home after years away. He is not a Jew, though the villagers brand him one and give him a hard time. They have already taken his property; now they feel guilty about the death of his son at the end of the war, and do not want the father around. In the background we see the beginning of the communist takeover in Poland, but this is not the major focus of the film. Rather, it is Mateusz's struggle to fit in. Kolski, pace national-Catholic literature and film, presents the villagers as superficially religious brutal antisemites.
Subjects
- Genre
- Fiction films
Bibliographic Information
- Title Translation
- The Burial of a Potato
- Note
- Duration: 01:36:00
- Copyright Status
- Copyright by Vision Film Distribution
Holdings
| Item Type | Current Location | Call Number | Status | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVD-ROM | OSA Film Library | FL Record 0728 | Available | - | - |
| Digital film | OSA Film Library | FL Record 0728 (HU_OSA_00002468.mp4) | Available | Access Copy, MP4 format |