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City Eye/Gdansk
In association with KINSECOPE POLISH FILM CLUB
The most international of Polish cities, Gdansk on the Baltic coast has always been a multinational mix of cultures and ethnic groups. With a long tradition of being a free city, the Polish maritime capital has played a key role in trade and cultural links between Poland and the rest of Europe.
It is said whoever controls Gdansk controls Poland and throughout its history it has been the site for battles between rival powers.
Its location and strategic importance have inevitably placed it at the centre of key events in European history: as a free city after WW1, under the protection of the League of Nations, it witnessed the rise of Nazism in the 1930s ( as described by Gunter Grass in his novel THE TIN DRUM); the Red Army liberated the city in 1945 after six years of of Nazi occupation; the Solidarnosc trade union was born in the Gdansk shipyards; the Polish revolution of 1980-81 lemarked the beginning of the end of the Cold War and the end of Communism in Europe. Not surprisingly, Gdansk’s history of upheaval is reflected in its screen history.
Tin Drum (15)
Duke of York's Picturehouse 1:30PM
Die Blechtrommel (Cert 18) Director: Volker Schlondorff. With: David Bennent, Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, Daniel Olbrychsky, Andrea Ferreol, Charles Aznavour. West Germany/France...continue
See You Tomorrow (Do Widzenia Do Jutra) (PG)
Duke of York's Picturehouse 6:30PM
Dir: Janusz Morgenstern. Starring Zbigniew Cybulski, Teresa Tuszyńska. Poland 1960. 80 mins. Polish with English Subtitles Jacek (Zbigniew Cybulski) is handsome and charming...continue
Man of Iron (adv 15)
Sallis Benney Theatre 5:00PM
Czlowiek Z Zelaza Director: Andrzej Wajda. With: Jerzy Radziwilowicz Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania. Poland 1981. 152mins. Polish with English Subtitles Wajda's remarkable sequel...continue
Squaring the Circle (adv PG) + Q&A
Duke of York's Picturehouse 6:30PM
Director: Mike Hodges. US/UK 1984. 95 mins. With: Bernard Hill, Tom Wilkinson, Roy Kinnear, Don Henderson. Dramatisation of the birth of Solidarity in the Gdansk shipyards in...continue
