72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Dyrygent / The Conductor

Andrzej Wajda
Poland
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Marta, a violinist in a provincial orchestra conducted by her husband, Adam, goes to New York for a three months stay. There she meets a famous conductor, Jan Lasocki, who was in love with her mother. Adam feels jealous and reproaches Lasocki with leaving Poland. Lasocki does not attend a tribute concert organized in his honour in Paris, and goes back to his native village, to conduct the local orchestra in Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Yet, the confrontation between Adam and Jan becomes harsher and harsher.

Director
Andrzej Wajda (Poland)
Screenplay
Andrzej Kijowski
Production
Film Polski
Photography
Slawomir Idziak
Edition
Halina Prugar
Music
Beethoven (5º Sinfonía)
Cast
John Gielgud, Krystyna Janda, Andrzej Seweryn
Sound
Piotr Zawadzki
Running Time
101 m.
Country
Poland
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