
Man of Marble(1977)
A young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell out of favor and disappeared.


“The Artist Who Opposed The Soviet Dictatorship.”
In 1945, as Stalin sets his hands over Poland, famous painter Wladislaw Strzeminski refuses to compromise on his art with the doctrines of social realism. Persecuted, expelled from his chair at the University, he's eventually erased from the museums' walls. With the help of some of his students, he starts fighting against the Party and becomes the symbol of an artistic resistance against intellectual tyranny.

Bogusław Linda
Władysław Strzemiński

Bronisława Zamachowska
Nika Strzemińska

Zofia Wichłacz
Hania

Aleksandra Justa
Katarzyna Kobro

Krzysztof Pieczyński
Julian Przyboś

Mariusz Bonaszewski
Madejski

Rafał Zawierucha
Shop Assistant

Jacek Beler

Filip Gurłacz
Konrad

Aleksander Fabisiak
Rajner
Afterimage is a drama, history film released in 2016 exploring themes of work, chance, resistance, painting, artist, rejection. Directed by Andrzej Wajda, it stars Bogusław Linda, Bronisława Zamachowska, Zofia Wichłacz. In 1945, as Stalin sets his hands over Poland, famous painter Wladislaw Strzeminski refuses to compromise on his art with the doctrines of social realism. Persecuted, expelled from his chair at the University, he's eventually erased from the museums' walls. With the help of some of his students, he starts fighting against the Party and becomes the symbol of an artistic resistance against intellectual tyranny.
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