THE LAW AND THE FIST
80 Years after WWII
1945: Andrzej Kenig is liberated from a concentration camp. Shortly thereafter, he joins a group of volunteers who are sent to an abandoned city in the former German Eastern territories to prevent looting. Alas, his comrades turn out to be a bunch of corrupt marauders. The displacement of the German population and the resettlement of the Poles from the Eastern territories incorporated into the USSR were taboo subjects in 1964. Director Jerzy Hoffman infused his Eastern Noir with a soundtrack by Krzysztof Komeda and a subtle form of critique – thus enabling the film to avoid state censorship.
1945: Andrzej Kenig is liberated from a concentration camp. Shortly thereafter, he joins a group of volunteers who are sent to an abandoned city in the former German Eastern territories to prevent looting. Alas, his comrades turn out to be a bunch of corrupt marauders. The displacement of the German population and the resettlement of the Poles from the Eastern territories incorporated into the USSR were taboo subjects in 1964. Director Jerzy Hoffman infused his Eastern Noir with a soundtrack by Krzysztof Komeda and a subtle form of critique – thus enabling the film to avoid state censorship.
