Austeria

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Austeria
Directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Written by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Tadeusz Konwicki
Julian Stryjkowski
Starring Franciszek Pieczka
Wojciech Pszoniak
Jan Szurmiej
Ewa Domanska
Wojciech Standello
Music by Leopold Kozlowski
Cinematography Zygmunt Samosiuk
Release date(s) Flag of Poland March 28, 1983
Running time 109 min.
Country Poland
Language Polish
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Austeria (aka The Inn) is a Polish film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz, released in 1983.

Austeria takes place during the opening days of World War I, in the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia. Tag (Franciszek Pieczka) is a Jewish innkeeper whose inn (austeria means inn in the local Polish dialect) is located near the border with Russia. War has broken out and local civilians are fleeing the advancing Russian Army, and several groups of refugees have taken shelter in Tag's inn for the night. A group of Hassidic jews from the neighboring village arrive, followed by an Austrian baroness on and a Hungarian hussar cut off from his unit.

The film is based on a 1966 novel of the same name by Julian Stryjkowski, who collaborated with Kawalerowicz on the screenplay.

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  • Franciszek Pieczka as Tag
  • Wojciech Pszoniak as Josele
  • Jan Szurmiej as the cantor
  • Ewa Domanska as Asia
  • Wojciech Standello as the tzaddik
  • Liliana Komorowska as Jewdocha
  • Szymon Szurmiej as Wilf
  • Golda Tencer as Blanka
  • Marek Wilk as Bum Kramer
  • Gerard Ojeda as the Hungarian officer
  • Zofia Saretok as the baroness
  • Stanislaw Igar as Apfelgrun

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