Afterimage

IMDb 6.6 2016 • 98 min • DramaHistory

Director

Andrzej Wajda

Country

PL

Plot Summary

In 1945, as Stalin sets his hands over Poland, famous painter Wladislaw Strzeminski refuses to compromise on his art with the doctrines of social realism. Persecuted, expelled from his chair at the University, he's eventually erased from the museums' walls. With the help of some of his students, he starts fighting against the Party and becomes the symbol of an artistic resistance against intellectual tyranny.

Top Cast

Bogusław Linda
Bogusław Linda Władysław Strzemiński
Bronisława Zamachowska
Bronisława Zamachowska Nika Strzemińska
Zofia Wichłacz
Zofia Wichłacz Hania
Aleksandra Justa
Aleksandra Justa Katarzyna Kobro
Krzysztof Pieczyński
Krzysztof Pieczyński Julian Przyboś