Landscape After the Battle

1970 Polish film

Landscape After the Battle

DVD release poster

Directed by| Andrzej Wajda
Written by| Tadeusz Borowski
Andrzej Brzozowski
Andrzej Wajda
Starring| Daniel Olbrychski
Cinematography| Zygmunt Samosiuk
Edited by| Halina Prugar-Ketling

Release date

* 8 September 1970 (1970-09-08)

Running time

| 101 minutes
Country| Poland
Language| Polish

Landscape After the Battle (Polish: Krajobraz po bitwie) is a 1970 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda and starring Daniel Olbrychski; telling a story of a Nazi German concentration camp survivor soon after liberation, residing in a DP camp somewhere in Germany. It is based on the writings of Holocaust survivor and Polish author Tadeusz Borowski.[1] In most part, the plot revolves around the events depicted in Borowski's short story called "Bitwa pod Grunwaldem" ("The Battle of Grunwald")[2] from his collection This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen. The film was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.[3]

## Plot

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The Landscape After the Battle film tells a story of two young concentration camp survivors. In the opening sequence, Vivaldi's “Autumn” can be heard while the prisoners are liberated. A young Polish poet, Tadeusz, is asked by a pretty Jewish girl, Nina, to go with her to the West. His camp experience, however, prevents him from realizing the depth of her love for him, and he is reluctant to commit. Nina is accidentally shot dead by an American soldier, causing Tadeusz to cry for the first time in years. The shock of her death brings back the world of feelings suppressed by his Nazi captors, and allows for his original creativity to reemerge. The credits appear to the sound of Vivaldi's “Winter”.

## Cast

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* Daniel Olbrychski \- Tadeusz
* Stanisława Celińska \- Nina
* Aleksander Bardini \- Professor
* Tadeusz Janczar \- Karol
* Zygmunt Malanowicz \- Priest
* Mieczysław Stoor \- Ensign
* Leszek Drogosz \- Tolek
* Stefan Friedmann \- Gypsy
* Jerzy Oblamski \- Prisoner
* Jerzy Zelnik \- American Commandant
* Małgorzata Braunek \- German Girl
* Anna German \- American Woman
* Agnieszka Perepeczko \- Nina's Friend
* Alina Szpak \- German Woman
* Józef Pieracki \- Cook

## See also

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* The Holocaust in Poland

## References

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1. ^ Vincent Canby (2008). "New York Times Review: Landscape After the Battle". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
2. ^ Tadeusz Borowski, "Bitwa pod Grunwaldem" (in Polish)
3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Landscape After the Battle". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 10 April 2009.

## External links

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* Krajobraz po bitwie (Landscape After The Battle) at www.wajda.pl
* Landscape After the Battle at IMDb

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* A Generation (1955)
* Towards the Sun (1955)
* Kanał (1957)
* Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
* Lotna (1959)
* Innocent Sorcerers (1960)
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* Siberian Lady Macbeth (1962)
* Love at Twenty (1962)
* The Ashes (1965)
* Gates to Paradise (1968)
* Przekładaniec (1968)
* Everything for Sale (1969)
* Hunting Flies (1969)
* The Birch Wood (1970)
* Landscape After the Battle (1970)
* Pilate and Others (1972)
* The Wedding (1972)
* The Promised Land (1975)
* The Shadow Line (1976)
* Man of Marble (1977)
* Without Anesthesia (1978)
* The Maids of Wilko (1979)
* The Orchestra Conductor (1980)
* Man of Iron (1981)
* Danton (1983)
* A Love in Germany (1983)
* A Chronicle of Amorous Accidents (1986)
* The Possessed (1988)
* The French as Seen by... (segment "Proust contre la déchéance") (1988)
* Korczak (1990)
* The Crowned-Eagle Ring (1993)
* Nastasja (1994)
* Holy Week (1995)
* Miss Nobody (1996)
* Sir Thaddeus (1999)
* The Condemnation of Franciszek Klos (2000)
* The Revenge (2002)
* Katyń (2007)
* Sweet Rush (2009)
* Walesa: Man of Hope (2013)
* Afterimage (2016)

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* Film New Europe Association

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