UBU KING
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Based on themes of Alfred Jarry’s drama „Ubu Roi“, which premiered 1869 in Paris, Piotr Szulkin created a surreal take on Poland, full of allusions to historical and modern phenomena: By manipulating the masses and promising them prosperity, freedom and democracy, upstart “King Ubu” manages to take power. His vulgar and brutal reign ruins the country. Ubu surrounds himself with flatterers and – egged on by foreign ambassadors – starts a war against czarist Russia. After his defeat, his people oust him and his wife. Confident that he will always fall on his feet, Ubu goes into exile…
Ubu Król / König Ubu
POL 2003 / 95 min
Director: Piotr Szulkin
- Screenplay: Piotr Szulkin
- Cinematographer: Dariusz Kuc
- Editor: Elżbieta Kurkowska
- Cast: Jan Peszek,Katarzyna Figura,Krzysztof Kowalewski,Zofia Saretok,Maria Ciunelis
- Producer: Iwona Cichowska
- Production Company: Euro-Film - Poznan
- Rights Holder: Film Polski - Warschau
Based on themes of Alfred Jarry’s drama „Ubu Roi“, which premiered 1869 in Paris, Piotr Szulkin created a surreal take on Poland, full of allusions to historical and modern phenomena: By manipulating the masses and promising them prosperity, freedom and democracy, upstart “King Ubu” manages to take power. His vulgar and brutal reign ruins the country. Ubu surrounds himself with flatterers and – egged on by foreign ambassadors – starts a war against czarist Russia. After his defeat, his people oust him and his wife. Confident that he will always fall on his feet, Ubu goes into exile…
- Screenplay: Piotr Szulkin
- Cinematographer: Dariusz Kuc
- Editor: Elżbieta Kurkowska
- Cast: Jan Peszek,Katarzyna Figura,Krzysztof Kowalewski,Zofia Saretok,Maria Ciunelis
- Producer: Iwona Cichowska
- Production Company: Euro-Film - Poznan
- Rights Holder: Film Polski - Warschau