November Night

(1978)

Genres: Drama, History, Fantasy

Year: 1978

Runtime: 108 мин

Country: Poland

Director: Andrzej Wajda

Cast: Jan Nowicki, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska, Ежи Штур, Stefan Szramel, Stanisław Gronkowski, Bolesław Smela, Adam Romanowski, Aleksander Fabisiak, Maciej Szary, Leszek Piskorz

Plot

Television play adaptation of Wajda's stage play of Stanisław Wyspiański's November Night. The drama takes place on two levels - historical and metaphorical. The first one is almost a chronicle of several hours of the uprising - it shows the drama of the attitudes of Poles at the beginning of the armed struggle, in confrontation with the attitude of Grand Duke Constantine, the Tsar's deputy in Poland. The second one presents the world of gods playing out their arguments. Man becomes a plaything in their hands, but it is he who experiences his fear, heroism and hope.