| Interrogation | |
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| Directed by | Ryszard Bugajski |
| Written by | Ryszard Bugajski Janusz Dymek |
| Produced by | Tadeusz Drewno Andrzej Wajda |
| Starring | Krystyna Janda Adam Ferency Janusz Gajos |
| Cinematography | Jacek Petrycki |
| Edited by | Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | Poland |
| Language | Polish |
Interrogation (Polish: Przesłuchanie) is a 1982 Polish film about false imprisonment under the Stalinist pro-Soviet Polish regime in the early 1950s. The film was directed by Ryszard Bugajski and first released in 1989. The plot follows an ordinary, apolitical woman named Tonia, played by Krystyna Janda. She refuses to cooperate with the abusive system and its officials, who are trying to force her to incriminate a former incidental lover, now an accused political prisoner.
Due to its criticism of the regime, the Polish communist government banned the film from public viewing for over seven years, until the 1989 dissolution of the Eastern Bloc allowed it to see the light of day.[1] Despite the film's controversial initial reception and subsequent banning, it garnered a cult fanbase through the circulation of illegally taped VHS copies, which director Ryszard Bugajski secretly helped to leak to the general public.[1][2]
The film had its first theatrical release in December 1989 in Poland and was entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival, where Krystyna Janda won the award for Best Actress and the film was nominated for the Palme d'Or.[3]
- ^ a b Benson, Sheila (26 September 1990). "Movie Review - 'Interrogation': Janda's Arresting Performance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
- ^ "Interrogation". Second Run DVD. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
- ^ "Przesluchanie". Festival de Cannes. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2009.