Afterimage (2016)

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Afterimage on IMDb 7.1/10 1,587 votes

Released:
2016-10-22

Overview:
In 1945, as Stalin sets his hands over Poland, famous painter Wladislaw Strzeminski refuses to compromise on his art with the doctrines of social realism. Persecuted, expelled from his chair at the University, he's eventually erased from the museums' walls. With the help of some of his students, he starts fighting against the Party and becomes the symbol of an artistic resistance against intellectual tyranny.

Director:
Andrzej Wajda

Runtime:
1h 38min

Genre:
Drama, History

  • Cast:
  • Bogusław Linda
    as
    Władysław Strzemiński
  • Bronisława Zamachowska
    as
    Nika Strzemińska
  • Zofia Wichłacz
    as
    Hania
  • Aleksandra Justa
    as
    Katarzyna Kobro
  • Krzysztof Pieczyński
    as
    Julian Przyboś