Directed by:
Andrzej WajdaCinematography:
Witold SobocińskiComposer:
Stanisław RadwanCast:
Marek Walczewski, Izabela Olszewska, Ewa Ziętek, Daniel Olbrychski, Emilia Krakowska, Mieczyslaw Stoor, Kazimierz Opaliński, Henryk Borowski (more)Plots(1)
One of the greatest classics in Polish literature immortalised as a film event that inspired entire generations of cinephiles. The story is set at the turn of 19th and 20th centuries, a time when Poland was still partitioned between other countries, and revolves around the titular wedding between a member of Cracow’s intelligentsia and a peasant girl. The party slowly transforms into a symbolic reckoning with vividly depicted national vices and myths. The guests make a whole night out if it, drinking, arguing, dancing, showing their true colours, meeting ghosts of the past, and doing some soul-searching – this microcosm of Polish society is intertwined with a universal message that freedom is too important to sleep through. (Camerimage)
(more)Cast
Marek Walczewski
Poland
Best movies:
The Promised Land (1974)
The Tin Drum (1979)
King Size (1987)
Izabela Olszewska
Poland
Best movies:
The Ashes (1965)
The Calm (1976) (TV movie)
The Wedding (1972)
Ewa Ziętek
Poland
Best movies:
Man of Marble (1977)
Day of the Wacko (2002)
Spiral (1978)
Daniel Olbrychski
Poland
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
The Promised Land (1974)
Potop (1974)
Emilia Krakowska
Poland
Best movies:
The Promised Land (1974)
Bez znieczulenia (1978)
The Birch Wood (1970)
Mieczyslaw Stoor
Poland
Best movies:
Birth Certificate (1961)
The Birch Wood (1970)
How I Unleashed World War II (1970)
Kazimierz Opaliński
Best movies:
The Promised Land (1974)
Potop (1974)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Henryk Borowski
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Forbidden Songs (1946)
The Wedding (1972)
Black Cross (1960)
Marek Perepeczko
Poland
Best movies:
The Birch Wood (1970)
The Ashes (1965)
Sara (1997)
Janusz Bukowski
Poland
Andrzej Łapicki
Latvia
Best movies:
The Promised Land (1974)
The Maids of Wilko (1979)
Forbidden Songs (1946)
Wojciech Pszoniak
Poland
Best movies:
Korczak (1990)
The Promised Land (1974)
Black Thursday (2011)
Andrzej Szczepkowski
Poland
Best movies:
The Last Stop (1948)
Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)
The Wedding (1972)
Mieczyslaw Czechowicz
Poland
Best movies:
The Tin Drum (1979)
Nie ma róży bez ognia (1974)
The Wedding (1972)
Barbara Wrzesińska
Poland
Best movies:
The Structure of Crystal (1969)
The Ashes (1965)
The Wedding (1972)
Gabriela Kownacka
Poland
Best movies:
Hanussen (1988)
Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes (1985)
The Wedding (1972)
Małgorzata Lorentowicz
Poland
Best movies:
Bariera (1966)
The Wedding (1972)
Everything for Sale (1969)
Maria Konwicka
Best movies:
The Wedding (1972)
Franciszek Pieczka
Poland
Best movies:
The Promised Land (1974)
Potop (1974)
The Man Who Read Music from Plates (1995)
Hanna Skarzanka
Russian Empire
Best movies:
A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
Matthew's Days (1967)
The Law and the Fist (1966)