Wizja lokalna 1901 (1981)

More documentary in its approach than dramatized history, this is a compelling story about a 1901 children's strike in Wrzesnia near the Polish border with Prussia. Poland was partitioned at this time, and a rigidly patriotic Prussian teacher in Wrzesnia follows the dictates of the Germans in parliament and insists that the children be taught their religion classes in German. When the children refuse to take part in the classes, they are supported by the local priest, but that does not save them from being beaten. They are also kept after school and tormented in other ways as well. Newspapers, parents, and the nation as a whole get involved, transforming a simple children's strike into a national incident.

Cast (47)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Tadeusz Łomnicki

Mayor Mossenbach

Daniel Olbrychski

Father Paczkowski

Jerzy Stuhr

Wagner

Zygmunt Bielawski

Pohl

Henryk Bista

Fedtke

Wiesław Drzewicz

Inspector Winter

Zdzisław Wardejn

Koralewski

Andrzej Wasilewicz

Gardo

Stanisław Igar

Głębocki

Mieczysław Voit

Count Kościelewski

Stanisław Michalski

Langner

Jerzy Trela

Winkler

Wirgiliusz Gryń

Smólkowski

Alfred Struwe

Karl Sturm

Gendarme

Hans-Joachim Recknitz

Gendarme

P

Paweł Wojtczak

Helena Kowalczykowa

Gadzińska

M

Małgorzata Załuska

Zbigniew Buczkowski

Achim

Janusz Michałowski

Photographer

Tadeusz Gwiazdowski

Michał Leśniak

Września citizen

W

Włodzimierz Musiał

Września citizen

M

Marian Pogasz

Wiesław Komasa

Z

Zdzisław Szymborski

E

Elżbieta Borysiak

Bronka Olejniczak

K

Krzysztof Kozłowski

Antek Winkler

G

Grzegorz Dobrzycki

Kacper Smólkowski

M

Marek Adamowicz

J

Jarosław Górka

A

Andrzej Kurczewski

R

Roman Ławniczak

M

Marzena Frydryszak

L

Leszek Kubiak

Z

Zbigniew Nowak

J

Jarosław Osztynowicz

R

Renata Różycka

J

Janusz Stachowski

S

Slawomir Walczyk

G

Grażyna Wojtczak

G

Gabriela Wojtkowiak

W

Waldemar Łukasik

K

Kazimierz Błaszczyński

(uncredited)

C

Czesław Magnowski

Wiesław Wójcik

(uncredited)

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