LITTLE DRAMAS [1958]
year:
- 1958
release date:
- 14 III 1960
runtime:
- 62 min
directed by:
- Janusz Nasfeter
written by:
- Janusz Nasfeter
director of photography:
- Kazimierz Konrad, Karol Chodura
cast:
- Wojciech Lityński [Hulajnoga], Andrzej Nasfeter [Rudy], Marek Paprotny [Pyza], Tomasz Mayzel [Cwajnos], Jerzy Palmowski [Sowa], Tadeusz Wiśniewski [Wiewiórka], Aleksander Kornel [millionaire], Henryk Fogiel [Krępy], Lech Rzegocki [Czarny], Andrzej Paprotny [Chudzielec]
edited by:
- Mirosława Garlicka
music by:
- Adam Walaciński
production design:
- Adam T. Nowakowski
produced by:
- Zespół Filmowy „Studio”
executive producer:
- Wiesław Tymowski
About the film
The film opposes the view that childhood is the happiest time of our lives. Childhood dramas are deeply etched in memory and leave a permanent imprint on our consciousness.
The Carousel
Part I. Little boys from a small town want to take a ride on the carousel but they have no money. They push the carousel for hours. They hope that the owner will eventually give them a free ride. In the evening, however, they are already too tired to take up his offer. They are allowed a ride, but they refuse.
The Fall of a Millionaire
Part II. A ten-year-old boy wants to impress his friends. He is feeble and shy, but he has a piggy bank, which becomes the object of desire for his peers. He tells the other boys that he will soon buy a bicycle from the accumulated savings. When the bank is broken into pieces, the myth of the millionaire is shattered. There are only banknotes painted by the little dreamer.
Joanna Piątek, Leksykon polskich filmów fabularnych, Warszawa 1996
