Pilsudski (2019)
Pilsudski (2019)
WEB-Dl 1080p | MKV | 1920x800 | x264 @ 3173 Kbps | 107 min | 2,67 Gb
Audio: Polski AC3 5.1 @ 384 Kbps | Subs (embedded): English, Polski
Genre: Drama
WEB-Dl 1080p | MKV | 1920x800 | x264 @ 3173 Kbps | 107 min | 2,67 Gb
Audio: Polski AC3 5.1 @ 384 Kbps | Subs (embedded): English, Polski
Genre: Drama
Director: Michal Rosa
Writer: Michal Rosa (screenplay)
Stars: Borys Szyc, Magdalena Boczarska, Jan Marczewski
The year 1901, a psychiatric hospital in the Russian partition. One of the patients is a political prisoner - Józef Pilsudski (Borys Szyc). The Polish underground independence movement is preparing their mission to rescue the famous activist. Pilsudski is freed, but he will not get back his idyll family life that he once knew. Uncertain years are coming, marked by revolutionary events, violence and betrayal. Pilsudski must find a way to man oeuvre on the boggy ground - between the conservative passivity of the Polish Socialist Party and the aggression against the invaders, resulting in retaliation. The year 1914 is coming, and the chance for restoring an independent country, independent Poland, is now or never.
I was really surprised by how well made this movie was. It had action, drama, some pretty intense petting with no actual sex on screen and it spans over a period of 19 years, starting with the famous escape of Pilsudski from an insane asylum, all the way to the rise to power after the Great War.
We see Pilsudski's family life, his mistress, his men, his struggles with coping with the party he's created kicking him out and with the fight for Poland's independence. Prior to last night, I had very little knowledge of Polish history. I only knew it was a great country, filled with proud people, located on a vast territory west of Germany and East of Russia, who used to split it between them as they saw fit.
When he hovers over a map of the world in one scene, we see how small Poland was at the start of the century. Great empires spanned all around it and the people were living in poor conditions.
Acting was good, scenery was well shot, and I could not shake the feeling that the leading role (Borys) looked like Tom Hardy ( :) )
PS: Cinema was filled with a lot of native Polish people who probably didn't need the subtitles that much but they made the atmosphere something different. Live reaction to situations, gasping, applauding, and generally laughing at all of the funny moments.
Well done.
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Pilsudski (2019)
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