Year: 2023
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: The article analyzes the now forgotten feature film Republika nadziei/Republic of Hope (1986, directed by Zbigniew Kuźmiński, screenplay: Kazimierz Radowicz, Zbigniew Kuźmiski), devoted to the events that took place in November 1918 in Ostrów Wielkopolski (the city liberation process, a prelude to the Uprising Polish). It was a cinematic version of the series Republika Ostrowska. The genesis of the film was discussed (in the context of the social and political changes of the 1980s, creating the collective memory of the city’s inhabitants), the plot, the most important narrative layers (the struggle of middle school youth with Germanization, preparations for the independence act, Feliks Krogulecki’s love for Kornela Biniewska, rivalry between Feliks Krogulecki and Oskar von Wedow – “Pole” and “German”) and its critical reception by the industry (film) and the socio-political press. Attention is drawn to the role played by the film image - a product of mass culture in creating a durable medium, an inherent element of collective memory and the identity of the inhabitants of the “peripheral” city
Author: Tomasz Sikorski
Language: Polish
Topic: Cinema History and Criticism
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W7223894351