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Przejscie podziemne

  • TV Movie
  • 1974
  • 29m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
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Przejscie podziemne (1974)

A school teacher from a small town in Poland comes to Warsaw to see his estranged wife, a window dresser, in the hope that she will return to him rather than give him a divorce.A school teacher from a small town in Poland comes to Warsaw to see his estranged wife, a window dresser, in the hope that she will return to him rather than give him a divorce.A school teacher from a small town in Poland comes to Warsaw to see his estranged wife, a window dresser, in the hope that she will return to him rather than give him a divorce.

  • Director
    • Krzysztof Kieslowski
  • Writers
    • Ireneusz Iredynski
    • Krzysztof Kieslowski
  • Stars
    • Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska
    • Andrzej Seweryn
    • Anna Jaraczówna
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    303
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Krzysztof Kieslowski
    • Writers
      • Ireneusz Iredynski
      • Krzysztof Kieslowski
    • Stars
      • Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska
      • Andrzej Seweryn
      • Anna Jaraczówna
    • 1User review
    • 1Critic review
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    Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska and Andrzej Seweryn in Przejscie podziemne (1974)
    Andrzej Seweryn in Przejscie podziemne (1974)
    Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska in Przejscie podziemne (1974)
    Andrzej Seweryn in Przejscie podziemne (1974)
    Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska in Przejscie podziemne (1974)
    Andrzej Seweryn in Przejscie podziemne (1974)
    Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska and Andrzej Seweryn in Przejscie podziemne (1974)
    Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska in Przejscie podziemne (1974)
    Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska in Przejscie podziemne (1974)
    Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska in Przejscie podziemne (1974)
    Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska and Andrzej Seweryn in Przejscie podziemne (1974)
    Andrzej Seweryn in Przejscie podziemne (1974)

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    Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska
    Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska
    • Lena
    • (as Teresa Krzyzanowska)
    Andrzej Seweryn
    Andrzej Seweryn
    • Michal
    Anna Jaraczówna
    Anna Jaraczówna
    • Toilet Worker
    Zygmunt Maciejewski
    Zygmunt Maciejewski
    • Form Teacher
    Jan Orsza-Lukaszewicz
    Jan Orsza-Lukaszewicz
    • Beaten Man
    Janusz Skalski
    • Decorating Man
    Marcel Lozinski
    Marcel Lozinski
    • French Man Asking for the Way
    • (uncredited)
    Wojciech Wiszniewski
    Wojciech Wiszniewski
    • Man Watching the Decorations
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Krzysztof Kieslowski
    • Writers
      • Ireneusz Iredynski
      • Krzysztof Kieslowski
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    • Trivia
      After finishing the filming of the short in nine days (out of the ten days scheduled) Kieslowski was unsatisfied by the rushes and decided that they will shoot it all on one silent documentary camera stopping only to reload the film. Kieslowski also bought some extra film stock. Kieslowski ended up using twenty percent of that "documentary night" if not more on the final edit of the film.

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    7/10
    The first Kieslowski Kieslowski.
    This is the mature Kieslowski film in embryo. We see him leave his documentary style behind and strike out for new territory. First of all he collaborated with another writer, Ireneusz Iredynski. And then there is the fact that he is shooting better looking people, much better looking people

    The story find two teachers from the provinces in Warsaw with a group of school children. The younger, movie star handsome teacher says he's going out for the night. In fact, he won't be back all night and will meet them in the train station in the morning. The older teacher gives him a wink and a thumbs up as he assumes, as does the audience that this will inevitably lead to a some sort of studly situation. The teacher goes into a vast underground passageway under a traffic circle in the center of Warsaw. After some confusion he finds the right shop and and the window dresser inside. He enters the shop and begins talking with the woman in a familiar and friendly manner. While the Kieslowski documentary technique, specifically identifies all the participants and their attributes as they are heavily involved with various bureaucracies and bureaucrats who have to know such things up front. Names and numbers, identity cars, marriage certificates and death certificates. Endless personal details.

    Now Kieslowski is sparing with such details. The characters are never named nor the towns they're from. They have no 'back story'. They are just what you see and you learn things, like the precise relationship between the man and the woman, as its revealed in the normal course of things. In this case the man and woman are married. She's getting a divorce and he wants her back. Apparently he kicked her out of the house calling her a slut, but, considering subsequent Kieslowski works, very often men kick women out of their houses when the woman is halfway through the door holding a suitcase. The effect of leaving the past history as something of a black spot gives the view space to think, to consider, to ponder and to analyze: The magic of the later works.

    This was supposed to be a ten day shoot and on the ninth day Kieslowski realized that what he was making was all wrong. On the last day instead he began all over again from the beginning and gave his actors a general talking to and had them speak their lines in their own words as if improvised and just followed them around the shop with a hand held camera.
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    • Apr 7, 2006

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    • Release date
      • January 13, 1974 (Poland)
    • Country of origin
      • Poland
    • Languages
      • Polish
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Pedestrian Subway
    • Filming locations
      • Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
    • Production companies
      • Telewizja Polska (TVP)
      • Zespol Filmowy "Tor"
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    • Runtime
      29 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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