Pornografia (film)
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Pornografia is the name of a number of films, with the 2003 version being the best known one. In 1992, a short film with the same name was made in Brazil. The 2003 version was a collaboration of the Polish and French film industries.
[edit] 2003 version
Pornografia was directed by Polish Jan Kolski. It is based on a Witold Gombrowicz novel, "Pornografia", about Germany's invasion of Poland during World War II.
The film is filled with many intricacies, touching such themes as the European society of the 1940s as a whole, conspiracy, guerrilla, the Nazi invasion, murder and suicide, which Adolf Hitler and his romantic companion committed in 1945.
The film was released in selected cities across the United States.
[edit] Film crew
Several Polish actors of name appeared in the film, including the following:
- Krzysztof Majchrzak ("Fryderyk")
- Adam Ferency ("Witold")
- Krzysztof Globisz ("Hipolit")
- Grazyna Blecka-Kolska ("Maria")
- Grzegorz Damiecki ("Waclaw Paszkowski")
- Jan Frycz ("Siemian")
- Irena Laskowska ("Amelia")
- Sandra Samos ("Henia")
- Anna Baniowska ("Weronika")
- Kazimierz Mazur ("Karol")
- Jan Urbanski ("Skuziak")
- Magdalena Rózczka
- Henryk Niebudek (as a German Soldier named "Hans")
- Dariusz Toczek
- Jerzy Chojnowski ("Gustaw")
The novel that preceded the Polish-French film is based on Gombrowicz's experiences during the Nazi invasion of Poland.
