Burial of a Potato (1990)

Name: Burial of a Potato
Genre: Drama
Released: 1990-01-01
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Franciszek Pieczka, Adam Ferency, Mariusz Saniternik, Ewa Żukowska, Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska

Burial of a Potato (1990), directed by Jan Jakub Kolski, starring Franciszek Pieczka and Adam Ferency.

01/01/1990 BR Drama 1h 36m

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Set in 1946, the film tells a story of a Polish villager returning home after years in a concentration camp. Mateusz is an old-timer, a saddler, who finds nothing but hostility when he makes it home after years away. He is not a Jew, though the villagers brand him one and give him a hard time. They feel guilty about the death of his son at the end of the war, and don't want the father around. In the background: beginnings of the Communist regime in Poland.

Wojciech TodorowCinematography
Jan Jakub KolskiDirector, Writer
Ewa PakulskaEditing
Zygmunt KoniecznyOriginal music

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Burial of a Potato (Polish: Pogrzeb kartofla) is a 1990 Polish drama film directed by Jan Jakub Kolski. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.

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Burial of a Potato (Polish: Pogrzeb kartofla) is a 1990 Polish drama film directed by Jan Jakub Kolski. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.

Cast

Franciszek Pieczka - Mateusz Szewczyk

Adam Ferency - Stefan Gorzelak

Mariusz Saniternik - Pasiasia

Ewa Zukowska - Mierzwowa

Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska - Dziedziczka Lachowiczowa

Bogusław Sochnacki - Mazurek

Grzegorz Herominski - Wladzio Rzepecki

Feliks Szajnert - Antoni Andrzejewski

Katarzyna Laniewska - Mazurkowa

Irena Burawska - Kusidelka

Henryk Niebudek - Kapitan

Andrzej Jurczak - Mierzwa

Krystyna Feldman - Matka Gorzelaka

Joanna Jankowska-Hussakowska - Hanka

Jan Jankowski - Jurek Szewczyk, Mateusz's son

Lech Gwit - Geometra Franus

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Burial of a Potato at IMDb

Text from Burial of a Potato on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burial_of_a_Potato

Trivia

It premiered on January 1, 1990, a Monday.
It runs 1h36 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "Pogrzeb kartofla".
This film's quiz has 10 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

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LanguagesPolish
StatusReleased

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Wojciech Todorow Cinematography
Jan Jakub Kolski Director
Ewa Pakulska Editing
Zygmunt Konieczny Original music
Jan Jakub Kolski Writer

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What is Burial of a Potato about?

Burial of a Potato: Set in 1946, the film tells a story of a Polish villager returning home after years in a concentration camp. Mateusz is an old-timer, a saddler, who finds nothing but hostility when he makes it home after years away. He is not a Jew, though the villagers brand him one and give him a hard time. They feel guilty about t…

Who directed Burial of a Potato?

Burial of a Potato was directed by Jan Jakub Kolski in 1990.

Who stars in Burial of a Potato?

The cast of Burial of a Potato includes Franciszek Pieczka, Adam Ferency, Mariusz Saniternik, Ewa Żukowska and Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska.

How long is Burial of a Potato?

Burial of a Potato runs for 96 minutes, or 1h36.