Film

Kobro / Strzemiński. Opowieść fantastyczna

2019 · 45m · Drama · Fantasy · Crime

The film enters into a dialogue with biographism as a method of interpreting art, while also showing that it is impossible to escape biographism entirely. Its creators recognize the value in the attitude of avant-garde artists, which lay in overcoming life’s adversities and pushing their imagination beyond what others consider an insurmountable horizon. In this film, nothing is as it actually happened—and this not-happening is intentional. By watching situations that never took place, we can draw conclusions about the things that did. The viewer steps into the role of a detective, because a crime has been committed in this story. Among the suspects are: Fanny Kaplan, who attempted to take Lenin’s life; Fritz Haber, the father of chemical warfare, and his wife, who took her own life in despair; as well as the cities Paris, Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Łódź.

Agata Buzek

Katarzyna Kobro / Eleonora / Klara Haber / Rodząca-Gaja / Fanny Kalan

Łukasz Simlat

Władysław Strzemiński / Lenin / Fritz Haber / Curator / Viewer

Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik

Author

• Borys LankoszDirector
• Małgorzata Sikorska-MiszczukScreenplay

Release date

January 10, 2019

Status

Released

Original language

Polish

Runtime

45m

Genres

Drama, Fantasy, Crime