A Year of the Quiet Sun

For other uses of "Year of the Quiet Sun", see Year of the Quiet Sun (disambiguation).

A Year of the Quiet Sun
Directed by	Krzysztof Zanussi
Produced by	Film Polski
Written by	Krzysztof Zanussi
Starring	Maja Komorowska Scott Wilson
Music by	Wojciech Kilar
Cinematography	Sławomir Idziak
Edited by	Marek Denys
Distributed by	Film Polski SPI International Poland (TV KinoPolska "Masterpieces of Polish Cinema")
Release dates	September, 1984 (premiere at VFF) 25 February 1985 (Poland)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Poland Germany United States
Language	Polish English

A Year of the Quiet Sun (Polish: Rok spokojnego słońca) is a 1984 Polish film written and directed by Krzysztof Zanussi. It tells the story of a romance between a Polish refugee and an American soldier.

The film was nominated for 1986's Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. At the Venice Film Festival, the film was awarded the Golden Lion and Pasinetti Awards.

Cast

Maja Komorowska as Emilia
Scott Wilson as Norman
Hanna Skarżanka as Emilia's Mother
Ewa Dałkowska as Stella
Vadim Glowna as Herman
Daniel Webb as David
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz as Szary
Zofia Rysiówna as Interpreter
Janusz Gajos as Moonlighter
Jerzy Stuhr as Adzio
Gustaw Lutkiewicz as Bakery Owner
Marek Kondrat as Malutki
Jerzy Nowak as English Doctor

External links

A Year of the Quiet Sun at the Internet Movie Database

Golden Lion winning films

1949–1968	Manon (1949) Justice Is Done (1950) Rashomon (1951) Forbidden Games (1952) No award (1953) Romeo and Juliet (1954) Ordet (1955) No award (1956) Aparajito (1957) Rickshaw Man (1958) General della Rovere / The Great War (1959) Tomorrow Is My Turn (1960) Last Year at Marienbad (1961) Family Diary / Ivan's Childhood (1962) Hands over the City (1963) Red Desert (1964) Sandra (1965) The Battle of Algiers (1966) Belle de Jour (1967) Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968)

1980–2000	Atlantic City / Gloria (1980) Marianne and Juliane (1981) The State of Things (1982) First Name: Carmen (1983) A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984) Vagabond (1985) The Green Ray (1986) Au revoir les enfants (1987) The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988) A City of Sadness (1989) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) Urga (1991) The Story of Qiu Ju (1992) Short Cuts / Three Colors: Blue (1993) Vive L'Amour / Before the Rain (1994) Cyclo (1995) Michael Collins (1996) Fireworks (1997) The Way We Laughed (1998) Not One Less (1999) The Circle (2000)

2001–present	Monsoon Wedding (2001) The Magdalene Sisters (2002) The Return (2003) Vera Drake (2004) Brokeback Mountain (2005) Still Life (2006) Lust, Caution (2007) The Wrestler (2008) Lebanon (2009) Somewhere (2010) Faust (2011) Pietà (2012) Sacro GRA (2013) A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)

Films directed by Krzysztof Zanussi

Family Life (1971) The Illumination (1973) A Woman's Decision (1975) Camouflage (1977) Spiral (1978) The Constant Factor (1980) Imperative (1982) A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984) Power of Evil (1985) Inventory (1989) At Full Gallop (1996) Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2000) The Supplement (2002)

A Year of the Quiet Sun

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