An Uneventful Story
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| Directed by | Wojciech Jerzy Has |
| Written by | Wojciech Jerzy Has |
| Based on | Скучная история (A Dreary Story) by Anton Chekhov |
| Starring | Gustaw Holoubek Hanna Mikuc Anna Milewska |
| Cinematography | Grzegorz Kedzierski |
| Edited by | Barbara Lewandowska-Conio |
| Music by | Jerzy Maksymiuk |
| Distributed by | Zespol Filmowy "Rondo" |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | Poland |
| Language | Polish |
An Uneventful Story (Polish: Nieciekawa historia) is a 1983 Polish film directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has, starring Gustaw Holoubek. The film is an adaptation of a short story by Anton Chekhov and tells the story of a professor of medicine who begins an affair with a young pupil.
Plot
[edit]Michal (Gustaw Holoubek) is a middle aged professor of medicine in a provincial town who is bored by the mundane and superficial nature of his life, friends and family. Katarzyna (Hanna Mikuc), a young woman returns to the town and the two have an affair.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Marek Bargielowski as Michal
- Wladyslaw Dewoyno as Mikolaj
- Ewa Frackiewicz
- Janusz Gajos as Aleksander Gnekker
- Jacek Glowacki
- Gustaw Holoubek as Professor
- Jan Konieczny
- Janusz Michalowski as Piotr
- Hanna Mikuc as Katarzyna
- Anna Milewska as Weronika
- Wlodzimierz Musial
- Jerzy Zygmunt Nowak as Waiter
- Elwira Romanczuk as Liza
- Leszek Zentara as Student
Production
[edit]Has first submitted a script for An Uneventful Story to the communist authorities as the follow-up project to The Saragossa Manuscript, when it was rejected he made The Codes (Szyfry) instead.[2] The film was the director's first after a hiatus of 10 years, after Has had a number of projects blocked by the communist authorities because he had taken The Hour-Glass Sanatorium to the Cannes Film Festival against their wishes.[3] It was filmed in the city of Tarnów in the Polish province of Małopolskie.[4]
Release
[edit]The film was released on 12 September 1983.
See also
[edit]- The Diary of an Old Man, Canadian film based on the same source material
- Cinema of Poland
- List of Polish language films
References
[edit]- ^ Cinefiles - An Uneventful Story University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive. mip.berkeley.edu
- ^ Guerin-Castell, Anne Literature and translation Jan Potocki and The Manuscript Found in Saragossa novel and film in Shaffer, Elinor (ed.) Comparative Criticism: An Annual Journal, Volume 24, Cambridge University Press, 2002 p.190
- ^ Hodge, Nick (7 August 2010) Wojciech Has and the Interpretation of Dreams Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine krakowpost.com
- ^ Nieciekawa historia filmpolski.pl