Burial of a Potato (1990)
Set in 1946, the film tells a story of a Polish villager returning home after years in a concentration camp. Mateusz is an old-timer, a saddler, who finds nothing but hostility when he makes it home after years away. He is not a Jew, though the villagers brand him one and give him a hard time. They feel guilty about the death of his son at the end of the war, and don't want the father around. In the background: beginnings of the Communist regime in Poland.
Director: Jan Jakub Kolski
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Franciszek Pieczka as Mateusz Szewczyk |
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Adam Ferency as Stefan Gorzelak |
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Mariusz Saniternik as Pasiasia |
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Ewa Żukowska as Mierzwowa |
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Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska as Dziedziczka Lachowiczowa |
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Bogusław Sochnacki as Mazurek |
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Grzegorz Heromiński as Wladzio Rzepecki |
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Feliks Szajnert as Antoni Andrzejewski |
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Katarzyna Łaniewska as Mazurkowa |
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Irena Burawska as Kusidelka |
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Henryk Niebudek as Kapitan |
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Andrzej Jurczak as Mierzwa |
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Krystyna Feldman as Matka Gorzelaka |
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Joanna Jankowska-Hussakowska as Hanka |
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Jan Jankowski as Jurek Szewczyk, Mateusz's son |
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Lech Gwit as Geometra Franus |
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Dariusz Siatkowski as Tadek Mazurek |
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Mirosława Marcheluk as Andrzejewska |
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Tadeusz Falana as Pomocnik Geometry |
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Ryszard Mróz as Soltys |
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Pawel Siedlik as Tajniak |
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Jakub Gryczyński as Jozio Rzepecki |
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Michał Iwański as Dawidek |
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Zdzisław Szczepaniak as Ksiądz |
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Eugeniusz Korczarowski as Fotograf |
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Zdzisław Owczarek as Ojciec Gorzelaka |
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Mieczysław Piwowarski as Kierowca |
| Directing | Jan Jakub Kolski | Director |
| Sound | Zygmunt Konieczny | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Wojciech Todorow | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ewa Pakulska | Editor |
| Art | Jacek Turewicz | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Danuta Kowner-Hałatek | Costume Design |
| Writing | Jan Jakub Kolski | Writer |
