The Promised Land

::"This article is about "The Promised Land" film. For the novel, see The Promised Land (novel). For other uses see Promised Land (disambiguation)."

Infobox_Film
name = Ziemia Obiecana


caption = Polish promotional poster for the theatrical release of "The Promised Land" ("Ziemia Obiecana")
imdb_id = 0072446
director = Andrzej Wajda
writer = Andrzej Wajda
starring = Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn
music = Wojciech Kilar
cinematography = Wacław Dybowski, Edward Kłosiński, Witold Sobociński
editing = Zofia Dwornik, Halina Prugar
released = 1975
runtime = 179 min.
language = Polish

"The Promised Land" ("Ziemia Obiecana") is a 1975 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda, based on a novel by Władysław Reymont. Set in the industrial city of Łódź, "The Promised Land" tells the story of a Pole, a German, and a Jew struggling to build a factory in the raw world of 19th century capitalism.

Wajda presents a shocking image of the city, with its dirty and dangerous factories and ostentatiously opulent residences devoid of taste and culture. The film follows in the footsteps of Charles Dickens, Émile Zola and Maxim Gorky, as well as German expressionists such as Knopf, Meidner and Grosz, who gave testimony of social protest.

Plot

Karol Borowiecki (Daniel Olbrychski), a Polish nobleman, is the managing engineer at the Bucholz textile factory. He plans to set up his own factory with the help of his friends Max Baum (Andrzej Seweryn), a German and heir to an old handloom factory, and Moritz Welt (Wojciech Pszoniak), an independent Jewish businessman. Borowiecki's affair with Lucy Zucker (Kalina Jędrusik), wife of another textile magnate, gives him advance notice of a change in cotton tariffs and helps Welt to make a killing on the Hamburg futures market. But more money has to be found, so all three characters cast aside their pride to raise the necessary capital.

On the day of the factory opening, Borowiecki has to deny his affair with Zucker's wife to a jealous husband. But while Borowiecki accompanies Lucy on her exile to Berlin, Zucker apparently takes his revenge by burning down the three partners' uninsured factory.

elected Cast

*Daniel Olbrychski as Karol Borowiecki
*Wojciech Pszoniak as Moryc Welt
*Andrzej Seweryn as Maks Baum
*Kalina Jędrusik as Lucy Zuckerowa
*Anna Nehrebecka as Anka
*Bożena Dykiel as Mada Müller
*Andrzej Szalawski as Herman Bucholz
*Stanisław Igar as Grünspan
*Franciszek Pieczka as Müller
*Kazimierz Opaliński as Maks' Father
*Andrzej Lapicki as Trawiński
*Wojciech Siemion as Wilczek
*Tadeusz Białoszczyński as Karol's Father
*Zbigniew Zapasiewicz as Kessler
*Jerzy Nowak as Zucker
*Piotr Fronczewski as Horn
*Jerzy Zelnik as Stein
*Maciej Góraj as Adam Malinowski
*Grażyna Michalska as Zośka Malinowska
*Włodzimierz Boruński as Halpern
*Danuta Wodyńska as Müllerowa
*Marian Glinka as Wilhelm Müller
*Jadwiga Andrzejewska as Bucholzowa
*Aleksander Dzwonkowski as Zajączkowski
*Zdzisław Kuźniar as Kaczmarek
*Halina Gryglaszewska as Malinowska
*Jerzy Oblamski as Malinowski

See also

*Cinema of Poland
*List of Polish language films

External links

*imdb title|id=0072446|title=The Promised Land