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Kwatera bożych pomyleńców
Based on the 1959 novel of Władysław Zambrzycki.
Television play, colour, 109 min.
The story of four pre-war intellectuals who spend August and September 1944 in a library room, using humor and irony to survive the most difficult moments of the Warsaw Uprising. Told by Jerzy Zalewski on the basis of Wladyslaw Zambrzycki's novel from 1959, using the uncensored version for the first time.
Music
The filmscore of this film has been composed by Hanna Kulenty, using the following music:
Trumpet Concerto for trumpet and symphony orchestra
Written by: Hanna Kulenty
Performed by: Marco Blaauw - trumpet, Sinfonia Varsovia, Renato Rivolta - conductor
Lost & Found - twenty-five
Written and performed by: Hanna Kulenty
Walc na A
Written and performed by: Hanna Kulenty
Warszawianka
Traditional song
Performed by: Hanna Kulenty and a children's choir from the K. Kurpinski School of Music
Finestra Chiusa
Traditional song
Performed by: Carlo Buti
“The television play, with the beautiful music of Hanna Kulenty, is like an opera about a generation whose world has vanished forever.” [TVP, Daga, 16 March 2009]
Details
Broadcasting première: 6 April 2009, 20:20, TVP 1
English title: 'Headquarters of the believing fools'
Director: Jerzy Zalewski
Screen play: Jerzy Zalewski, Jerzy Suchecki
Scenography: Jacek Ukleja, Dorota Morawetz
Costumes: Ewa Łaniecka, Aleksandra Semenowicz
Director of photography: Adam Sikora
Music: Hanna Kulenty
Film editing: Michał Zieliński
Executive Producer: Dr. Watkins Film Studio
Producer: Telewizja Polska - Agencja Filmowa (Teatr Telewizji TVP S.A.)
Cast: Jerzy Trela (Mr. Vincent), Daniel Olbrychski (Tatar), Jan Peszek (Quadratus), Jerzy Radziwiłowicz (Afrykander), Maria Ciunelis (Ms. Sokolowska), George Światłoń (Dr.Walberg, Mayor, Boutroux), Renata Dancewicz (Muszka), Magdalena Cielecka (Sister Irene, Ella), Mariusz Bonaszewski (Colonel), Piotr Bajor (Pharmacist), Cezary Kosiński (Priest).
Awards
2009 Sopot (National Festival of Polish Radio and Television Theatre "Two Theatres")
Jerzy Zalewski - Award for best director
Jacek Ukleja, Dorota Morawetz - Prize for Scenography