On February 21, 1975, the premiere of the “Promised Land” directed by the now defunct Relax cinema in Warsaw. Created based on the novel of Władysław Reymont, the film was the first of four in the director’s achievements, which Oscar nomination was honored. The cast was a galaxy of stars, including Daniel Olbrychski, who played the main character, landowner Karol Borowiecki. At his side appeared, among others As a German industrialist Maks and Wojciech Pszoniak playing Moryca, a salesman of Jewish origin. – This is a movie that is not getting old. How many times do I watch him, I still see how great it is and outside our three there every role is an acting masterpiece-said Olbrychski in an interview for PAP cited by E-Teat.pl.
Wajda has long refused to film the “Promised Land”. Olbrychski also doubted her success
He did not hide that the role in “Promised Land” was a breakthrough for him for various reasons. Although the crowning of her global success was the nomination from, he claimed that it was not properly appreciated, and the statuette was finally received by “weaker production”. I am talking about the Soviet-Japanese film film “Dersu Uzała” by Akira Kurosawa, which was based on the autobiographical books of Vladimir Arsienjew. His opinion was also shared by Pszoniak, which in turn He was convinced that if Americans or Italians did it, the world would know her by heart. “
Interestingly, before the photos began to start, he was not convinced of this idea at all. He admitted that by reading Reymont’s novel, which in his time was a must -have school reading, “He felt disappointment and weariness.” He somewhat adopted the role of respect for Wajda and admiration for his directing achievements and vision. “I was wrong at first, thinking it would be too boring,” he declared later.
He found out that it will be an outstanding film only after a few weeks of work on the set. “In his time, Ingmar Bergman, giving the ten most important films in the world, also mentioned” Promised Land ” – he recalled in an interview with the Cinematography Museum. Anyway, he is not surprised by his doubts, since he initially shared them. For this reason in He also made a lot of changes in relation to the literary prototype, soothing, among others Anti -Semitic threadsfor which Reymont was criticized.
The ruthless assessment of the history of Poland, giving up the comfortable thesis that Jews or Germans were always bad, determines the value of this film
– Michael Schwarze from “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” wrote in his review.
Where was Wajda’s “Promised Land”? Olbrychski told what work on the set looked like
The plot of the “Promised Land” is focused on the fate of three friends who, in the realities of the 19th-century Łódź, decide to create their own factory. She worked, among others in Pabianice, Bielsko, Wrocław, Cieszyn and Skierniewice, but the most photos were created in Łódź. Both palaces and industrial buildings were used, which In fact, they were constantly in use. During the filming of the scenes, the employees employed in them still did their work, becoming the same statistics. -Costumers only picked up these women into nicer nineteenth-century aprons than those terrible denim-said Olbrychski in an interview with the Cinematography Museum.
However, this had several disadvantages, and one of the most difficult to overcome was constant noise. “We couldn’t talk on the set, we were hardly heard,” he recalled. – We and Szalawski shouted to each other so that it would be registered by Łomot – he said and added that “temporary deafness” accompanied them a few, and sometimes even a dozen or so hours after the end of the photos. Today, however, he claims that “It was a special happiness” that they could make a film in real realities, while saving the budget to finance other ideas. “Americans could not understand this, for such decorations that you would have to pay unbelievable money,” he bloomed with laughter. Have you watched “Promised Land”? We invite you to participate in the poll and commenting.
Source: Gazeta
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