Pearl in the Crown

1972 Polish film

Pearl in the Crown

Directed by| Kazimierz Kutz
Written by| Kazimierz Kutz
Screenplay by| Bolesław Kamykowski
Produced by| Zespół Filmowy Wektor
Starring| Łucja Kowolik
Marian Opania
Olgierd Łukaszewicz
Jan Englert
Franciszek Pieczka
Cinematography| Stanislaw Loth
Edited by| Irena Chorynska
Music by| Wojciech Kilar

Release date

* 27 January 1972 (1972-01-27)

Running time

| 111 minutes
Country| Poland
Language| Polish

Pearl in the Crown (Polish: Perła w koronie) is a 1972 Polish drama film directed by Kazimierz Kutz. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film was also selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 45th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]

## Plot

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The film takes place in August 1934 in the Polish part of Upper Silesia. The film tells the story of a strike in the fictional mine "Zygmunt". Jaś, a young miner who works in the mine, has a wife and two young sons. Jaś comes home from his shift. The next day he learns that the unprofitable mine is to be closed by flooding with water. A strike breaks out. Families help the strikers, despite the fact that the mine is surrounded by a police cordon. Petitions to the Government go unanswered, the management persists, so the miners announce a hunger strike. The police retaliate by violently breaking up the demonstration. The determined miners decide to continue the strike underground despite the imminent threat of the mine being flooded. Finally though, the management signs a settlement, and the miners come to the surface and go back to their families.

## Cast

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* Łucja Kowolik - Wikta
* Olgierd Łukaszewicz \- Jas
* Jan Englert \- Erwin Maliniok
* Franciszek Pieczka \- Hubert Siersza
* Jerzy Cnota - August Mol
* Bernard Krawczyk - Franciszek Bula
* Tadeusz Madeja - Ochman
* Henryk Maruszczyk - Alojz Grudniok
* Marian Opania \- Albert
* Jerzy Siwy - Milenda

## See also

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* List of submissions to the 45th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Polish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

## References

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1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Pearl in the Crown". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
2. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

## External links

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* Pearl in the Crown at IMDb

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Polish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

1963–1975|

* Knife in the Water (1963)
* Passenger (1964)
* Pharaoh (1966)
* Matthew's Days (1968)
* Everything for Sale (1969)
* The Taste of Black Earth (1970)
* Family Life (1971)
* Pearl in the Crown (1972)
* Copernicus (1973)
* The Deluge (1974)
* The Promised Land (1975)

1976–2000|

* Nights and Days (1976)
* Camouflage (1977)
* Death of a President (1978)
* The Maids of Wilko (1979)
* Olympics 40 (1980)
* Man of Iron (1981)
* Yesterday (1985)
* Axiliad (1986)
* Hero of the Year (1987)
* A Short Film About Love (1988)
* Kornblumenblau (1989)
* Korczak (1990)
* The Double Life of Véronique (1991)
* All That Really Matters (1992)
* Squadron (1993)
* Three Colours: White (1994)
* Crows (1995)
* At Full Gallop (1996)
* Love Stories (1997)
* Pan Tadeusz (1999)
* Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2000)

2001–present|

* Quo Vadis (2001)
* Edi (2002)
* Pornografia (2003)
* The Welts (2004)
* The Collector (2005)
* Retrieval (2006)
* Katyń (2007)
* Tricks (2008)
* Reverse (2009)
* All That I Love (2010)
* In Darkness (2011)
* 80 Million (2012)
* Walesa: Man of Hope (2013)
* Ida (2014)
* 11 Minutes (2015)
* Afterimage (2016)
* Spoor (2017)
* Cold War (2018)
* Corpus Christi (2019)
* Never Gonna Snow Again (2020)
* Leave No Traces (2021)
* EO (2022)
* The Peasants (2023)
* Under the Volcano (2024)

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