A wedding celebration becomes a stage for historical ghosts to confront contemporary guests with Poland's national mission and guilty consciences.
Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past.
Andrzej Wajda
Rating: 7.3/10 (27 votes)