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THE CROSS AND THE AXE

POLISH TITLE: KRZYŻ I TOPÓR

Krzyżtopór Castle in Ujazd plays the lead in this short film made on the basis of Stanisław Janicki’s idea. Dziworski managed to capture the appearance and atmosphere of the castle ruins in spectacular scenes and applied an interesting solution for the commentary. The photographs are accompanied by a folk ballad about the castle history performed by the village choir from Iwaniska.

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Poland
RUNNING TIME:
14'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Bogdan Dziworski
SCRIPT:
Stanisław Janicki
DOP:
Bogdan Dziworski
EDITOR:
Anna Ropek
MUSIC:
Janusz Hajdun
PRODUCTION:
Wytwórnia Filmów Oświatowych

Bogdan Dziworski »

Documentary film director, cinematographer, photographer and university teacher born in 1941 in Lodz. A graduate of Lodz Film School (1965). An Ordinary Professor of Film and Photography and the Dean of the Radio and Television Department of the Silesia University in Katowice. He has received a number of prestigious awards for his excellent documentary films, which focus primarily on arts or sports and include "Krzyz i Topor", "Hokej", "Olimpiada", "Kilka opowiesci o czlowieku" at festivals in Bilbao, Brussels, Leipzig, Marseilles, Oberhausen, San Sebastian and Krakow, among others.