The Mother of Kings

The Mother of Kings
Directed by	Janusz Zaorski
Written by	Kazimierz Brandys; Janusz Zaorski
Starring	Magda Teresa Wójcik
Cinematography	Edward Klosinski
Edited by	Józef Bartczak
Release date	March 1987;
Running time	127 minutes
Country	Poland
Language	Polish

The Mother of Kings (Polish: Matka Królów) is a 1982 Polish drama film, directed by Janusz Zaorski. It was immediately banned by the Polish Communist regime - having depicted that regime as baselessly hounding and persecuting a loyal and devoted party member. The film only received a proper release in 1987.[1] It was entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement.[2]

Plot

The early part of the film takes place in 1930's Poland. Lucja Krol, a working-class woman, loses her husband who was run over by a tram. Soon afterwards she gives birth to her fourth son, alone on the floor in her apartment. Lucja's neighbor Wiktor who is a Communist intellectual, tries to help the poverty-stricken Lucja and her children, but is arrested and imprisoned by Poland's pre-war right-wing regime. Then come the dark years of the German occupation. At the black market, Lucja narrowly avoids a Nazi roundup. Lucja sons turn to Communism and hold ardent meetings in their apartment, with their mother's blessing. Lucja goes on working hard, and without complaining. After the war, the Communists take power in Poland - but rather than being rewarded for his loyal service, the son Klemens is inexplicably arrested, and without any foundation the new regime accuses him of having been a collaborator. His brother Wiktor, who now holds a senior position in the Communist Party, tries to defend him - but then himself falls into disgrace. Klemens undergoes torture in order to extract a false "confession" but dies in prison, a Communist to the end. His mother Lucja is never told about what happened to him.

Cast

Magda Teresa Wójcik as Lucja Król
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz as Wiktor Lewen
Franciszek Pieczka as Cyga
Bogusław Linda as Klemens Król
Adam Ferency as Zenon Król
Michal Juszczakiewicz as Stas Król
Krzysztof Zaleski as Roman Król
Joanna Szczepkowska as Marta Stecka / Stecka-Król
Zbigniew Zamachowski
Henryk Bista as Grzegorz Wiechra
Zbigniew Bielski as Kogut
Tadeusz Huk as Renard
Jerzy Trela as Hiszpan
Stanislaw Kwaskowski as Dentysta

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References

http://csac.buffalo.edu/blindchance.pdf
"Berlinale: 1988 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 6 March 2011.

External links

The Mother of Kings on IMDb

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[1] ttp://csac.buffalo.edu/blindchance.pdf

[Berlinale-2] "Berlinale: 1988 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 6 March 2011.