When Angels Fall

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When Angels Fall (Gdy spadają anioly)
Directed by	Roman Polanski
Written by	Roman Polanski
Starring	Barbara Lass Roman Polanski Henryk Kluba Andrzej Kondratiuk
Music by	Krzysztof Komeda
Cinematography	Henryk Kucharski

When Angles Fall, or Gdy spadają anioly, was a short film written and directed by Roman Polański in 1959. The idea for the film was taken from a short story "Klozet Babcia", written by Leszek Szymanski and published in the weekly "Kierunki" in Warsaw, Poland. The film was Polanski's first one produced in color.

The film, told mostly in flashback, portrays a toilet granny who reminisces about her former life while daydreaming at her dreary job.

1 Trivia
2 References
3 Further reading
4 External link

[edit] Trivia

During the World War II flashback scene, the lead character is played by Polański in drag.
Polański cast seventeen-year-old Basia Kwiatkowska, later Barbara Lass, the play the lead character in the earliest flashbacks. The two were later married for a short time.
An alternative English titile is often "When Angels Fall Down...".

[edit] References

Stafford, Jeff. Special Event: Roman Polański Shorts. Behind the Camera: The Short Circuit. Turner Classic Movies website. Retrieved on 2007-01-22.

[edit] Further reading

Leaming, Barbara (1981). Polanski, The Filmmaker as Voyeur: A Biography. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0671249851.
Parker, John (1994). Polanski. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. ISBN 0575056150.

[edit] External link

When Angels Fall at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Roman Polanski

Rower • Uśmiech zębiczny • Rozbijemy zabawę • Morderstwo • Dwaj ludzie z szafą • Lampa • Gdy spadają anioly (When Angels Fall) • Le Gros et le maigre • Ssaki • Nóż w wodzie • Les Plus belles escroqueries du monde • Repulsion • Cul-de-Sac • The Fearless Vampire Killers • Rosemary's Baby • Macbeth • What? • Chinatown • The Tenant • Tess • Pirates • Frantic • Bitter Moon • Death and the Maiden • The Ninth Gate • The Pianist • Oliver Twist • To each his cinema • Pompeii