Cold war = Zimna wojna

Author

Pawel Pawlikowski

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN, OSH, WSQ)

Edition

Director-approved DVD special edition.

Languages

In Polish, Croatian, Russian, German, Italian, and French dialogue, with English subtitles.

Performers

Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cedric Kahn, Jeanne Balibar.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2019]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (88 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (illustrations ; 19 cm.)

Audience

MPAA rating: R; for some sexual content, nudity and language.

Summary

This sweeping, delirious romance begins in the Polish countryside, where Wiktor, a musician on a state-sponsored mission to collect folk songs, discovers a captivating young singer named Zula. Over the next fifteen years, their turbulent relationship will play out in stolen moments between two worlds: the jazz clubs of decadent bohemian Paris, to which he defects, and the corrupt, repressive Communist Bloc, where she remains--universes bridged by their passion for music and for each other. Paweł Pawlikowski's timeless story--inspired by that of his own parents--is a heart-stoppingly grand vision of star-crossed love caught up in the tide of history.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2018.

Special features: New 4K digital master, supervised by director Pawel Pawlikowski and director of photography Lukasz Zal ; new conversation between Pawlikowski and filmmaker Alejandro G. Inarritu ; press conference from the 2018 Cannes Film Festival featuring Pawlikowski and Zal, actors Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot and Borys Szyc, and producer Ewa Puszczynska ; two 2018 programs on the making of the film, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Pawlikowski and others ; trailer.