AT FULL GALLOP [1995]
year:
- 1995
release date:
- 26 IV 1996
runtime:
- 103 min
directed by:
- Krzysztof Zanussi
written by:
- Krzysztof Zanussi
director of photography:
- Jarosław Żamojda
cast:
- Maja Komorowska [Idalia Dobrowolska], Bartosz Obuchowicz [Hubert], Karolina Wajda [Rozmaryna], Piotr Adamczyk [Ksawery], Piotr Szwedes [Dominik], Andrzej Szenajch [rotmistrz], Halina Gryglaszewska [ciotka Idalii], Sławomira Łozińska [matka Huberta], Stanisława Celińska [Justyna Winewar], Krystyna Bigelmajer [nauczycielka], Agnieszka Warchulska [dyrektorka szkoły], Grzegorz Warchoł [dyrektor LZS-u], Jan Prochyra [ubek przesłuchujący matkę Huberta]
edited by:
- Marek Denys
music by:
- Wojciech Kilar
production design:
- Halina Dobrowolska
produced by:
- Studio Filmowe „Tor”, Telewizja Polska
executive producer:
- Iwona Ziułkowska
awards:
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• Polish Film Festival Gdynia 1996: Special Jury Prize, award for the best female actor in a leading role for Maja Komorowska, child actor award for Bartosz Obuchowicz, Golden Clapper – Radio Gdańsk award for the most applauded film, the Journalist Award, "Gość Niedzielny"
• IFF Tokyo (Japan), 1996: Special Jury Award
• IFF in Toronto (Canada) 1996: award for best performance for Maja Komorowska, Fahrenheit Association Award
• IFF "Golden Knight" in Moscow (Russia) 1997: Silver Knight award for the female lead for Maja Komorowska
About the film
Political comedy of manners inspired by the director’s own childhood.
Warsaw, early 1950s. Ten-year-old Hubert, son of a Home Army soldier who stayed in England, is sent by his mother from the countryside, where he lives, to his foster aunt in Warsaw. Idalia is a peculiar woman: she works at the post office, but her passion, which she is trying to instil in Hubert, is horseback riding. As an anti-communist, she uses her hobby to manifest her connection to the Polish pre-1939 tradition. At the same time, she maintains good relations with party dignitaries, believing that you need to enter the nest of the enemy.
Hubert, raised by his mother in an atmosphere of honesty and truth, cannot understand his aunt’s actions. The boy is at risk of expulsion from school because of an incident at the school academy after the death of Stalin, but the aunt settles the matter with the minister. In a gesture of protest, Hubert decides to run away with his friend Dominik to England − to his father. Eventually, Dominik undertakes the kayaking trip to Bornholm on his own and Hubert wins a fox hunting competition. During the next horse ride, the riders trespass into a military training area. Idalia is arrested. This time, her acquaintance with the marshal becomes useful, but the price of freedom is a move to the countryside.
Jan Słodowski, www.portalfilmowy.pl
