Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema

Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema

Ucieczka z kina 'Wolnosc'
🎞️ Movie 92 min PL
โ˜… 7.1 /10 1990

The film is set just before Poland's communist regime came to an end. The central character is a provincial censor, a tired, sloppy, lonely man, whose wife left him a long time ago. For him, censorship is both an art and a game, but he does not enjoy it. During the screening of a sentimental Polish melodrama called 'Daybreak' at the Liberty cinema, just across the street from the censor's office, the actors start to rebel and refuse to speak their lines. This is anarchy, and when the censor is unable to control the situation, senior party officials are called in. Eventually a film critic notices that the situation reminds him of 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' by Woody Allen, and brings a reel of the film to demonstrate it. The officials watch the film with amusement until another mix-up occurs: the second projector is turned on accidentally and superimposes 'Daybreak' over 'The Purple Rose'.

Cast

Janusz Gajos
Janusz Gajos
Censor Rabkiewicz
Zbigniew Zamachowski
Zbigniew Zamachowski
Assistant to the Censor
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Teresa Marczewska
Malgorzata
Piotr Fronczewski
Piotr Fronczewski
Communist Party Secretary
Wladyslaw Kowalski
Wladyslaw Kowalski
Actor Tadeusz Playing Professor
Michal Bajor
Michal Bajor
Film Critic
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Jan Peszek
Raskolnikov
Jerzy Binczycki
Jerzy Binczycki
Cinema Manager Karwanski
Artur Barcis
Artur Barcis
Projectionist Krzysio
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Maciej Kozlowski
American Actor
Zygmunt Konieczny
Zygmunt Konieczny
Composer
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Jerzy Satanowski
Composer
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Jerzy Zielinski
Cinematographer