The war drama of Michael Cimino from 1978 is a real classic. The film with a star cast won five Oscars and achieved a large cash success – he earned $ 49 million. Robert de Niro, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken and John Savage played in production. Interestingly, when filming, Meryl Streep was not yet a well -known actress, and the hit film brought her the first nomination for the academy awards in her life.
For years, Poles could not see “deer hunters”. The film was banned in Poland
“Deer Hunter” talks about the fate of three young workers from Pennsylvania, who were called to serve at the Vietnam war. There, they conduct activities against VietCong troops in the jungle and unexpectedly are taken prisoner. Guardians of a makeshift prison are abusing their prisoners.
“This is a great metaphor for the blindness of war madness” – Marcin Radomski from Kinorozmowy writes about the film. In turn, Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles Times claims that production is “a sincere, serious, impressive work, despite some reservations that you need to have.” Although the image since the premiere enjoyed popularity and recognition, In Poland, his emissions were banned for a long time.
Scandal at Berlinale in 1979. Communist countries resigned from the competition
Hybelists of our country could not watch “deer hunters” until the premiere in 1990 (gives the Association of Polish Filmmakers) because it was under the fall of communism in Poland. Production on VHS cassettes was released by the NVC company two years later. When the production was shown outside the competition at the 29th MFF in Berlin in 1979, the USSR delegation demanded the withdrawal of the film due to “Vietnam insulting”. The organizers of the event refused, and the Soviets left the room as part of the rebellion and withdrew from the festival. A similar decision was made by all communist countries Among other things, Hungary, which at the time showed the film “Studnina host” at the main competition, which had a good chance of a prize.
Currently, the movie generously awarded with Oscars can be seen on the TVP VOD platform. On March 18 at 22.05 it will also be broadcast on TVP1 on stationary television. In addition, the title also offers CDA Premium in the subscription.
Source: Gazeta
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