Noose (1958 film)

The Noose (Polish: Pętla) is a Polish film released in 1958, directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has, and starring Gustaw Holoubek. The film is an adaptation of a short story by Marek Hłasko, and follows a day in the life of an alcoholic.

The Noose (Pętla)
Directed byWojciech Jerzy Has
Screenplay byMarek Hłasko, Wojciech Jerzy Has
Based onPętla
by Marek Hłasko
StarringGustaw Holoubek
Aleksandra Śląska
Teresa Szmigielówna
Tadeusz Fijewski
Stanisław Milski
Music byTadeusz Baird
CinematographyMieczyslaw Jahoda
Edited byZofia Dwornik
Production
company
Studio Filmowe Iluzjon
Release date
  • 20 January 1958 (1958-01-20)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryPoland
LanguagePolish

Plot

Kuba Kowalski (Gustaw Holoubek) is an alcoholic who spends most of his day in his room with a bottle of vodka for company and a noose dangling from the ceiling. His ruminations are periodically interrupted by his girlfriend Krystyna (Aleksandra Slaska) banging on the door.[1]

Cast

Release

Released on 20 January 1958, the film is Has's debut feature film and regarded as one of the most interesting film adaptations of Marek Hłasko's work and actor Gustaw Holoubek's first great work.[2] The film's cynical vision ensured that communist authorities in Poland did not give it permission to be shown abroad.[3]

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gollark: This depends on whether there is a fourth spatial dimension.
gollark: I'm not saying it's entirely wrong, just mostly wrong.
gollark: This is very incoherent. And yes, it's often hard to analyze complex scenarios, but that does *not* mean that the correct answer is "disavow the entire concept of analyzing things".
gollark: The Chinese remainder theorem?

See also

References
  1. Wojciech Jerzy Has culture.pl
  2. Liehm, Mira and Antonín J. The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film After 1945, p. 183, University of California Press, 1977
  3. Byron, Guillaume (2009-01-29) Wojciech J. Has - "The Noose" culturopoing.com


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