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"The Artist Who Opposed The Soviet Dictatorship."

6.5(81 votes)
2016
1h 38m
DramaHistory

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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Companies:
Akson Studio
Telewizja Polska
EC1 Łódź

Languages

Original:pl
Spoken:
ItalianPolish

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