Fire Bath

(Skąpani w ogniu)


1964   >   political/war

The difficult process of forming a new community on the Recovered Territories after the war.

The year 1945. Repatriates settle down on the Recovered Territories supervised by soldiers from the Polish People’s Army. Capital Sowiński operates in one of the villages in Lower Silesia. He organizes the life of the repatriates and solves conflicts between the newcomers and the locals. The newcomers perceive the locals as Germans, even if they have fought for the Polish Silesia for years as the Rutka’s family. After someone informs them that Rutka has a weapon, he’s arrested by the Security Office. Sowiński intervenes and Rutka is set free, but he’s afraid to stay in Poland and goes to Germany. Repatriates try to take over a farm of Silesian people. Tensions and conflicts help gangs and looters roam free.


Crew:

director
Jerzy Passendorfer
script
Wojciech Żukrowski
d.o.p.
Antoni Nurzyński
designer
Ryszard Potocki
editor
Jadwiga Zajicek
music
Adam Walaciński
cast
Aleksander Fogiel
Stanisław Mikulski
Ryszard Pietruski
Wojciech Siemion
Beata Tyszkiewicz
Marian Friedmann
Henryk Hunko
Tadeusz Kalinowski
Tadeusz Kosudarski
Irena Laskowska
Marian Łącz
Zdzisław Maklakiewicz
Franciszek Pieczka
Zofia Czerwińska

Awards:

Award of the Minister of the National Defence
Materials: SD
Length: 87’

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