The Wedding (1973)
Original title: Wesele
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Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past. In the end a call to arms is called but turns out to be a hoax.
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Marek WalczewskiHost
Izabela OlszewskaHostess
Ewa ZiętekBride
Daniel OlbrychskiBridegroom
Emilia KrakowskaMarysia
Mieczysław StoorWojtek
Kazimierz OpalińskiFather
Henryk BorowskiOld Man
Marek PerepeczkoJasiek
Janusz BukowskiKasper
Andrzej ŁapickiPoet
Wojciech PszoniakJournalist / StanczykMovie DNA
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What is The Wedding about?
Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past. In the end a call to arms is called but turns out to be a hoax.
How long is The Wedding?
The Wedding has a runtime of 102 minutes.