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Hole in the Ground, The | Dziura w ziemi– dir. Andrzej Kondratiuk, 1970

date: 01/08/2011, time: 21:00, place: The Silver Star Cinema, film program: retrospective of Andrzej Kondratiuk, artistic program: films

PL | 1970 | b&w | 100 min
reż|dir Andrzej Kondratiuk pro|pro Konstanty Lewkowicz, Zespół Filmowy Nike sce|sc Andrzej Bonarski, Andrzej Kondratiuk zdj|ph Jan Laskowski muz|mus Tomasz Stańko mon|ed Janina Niedźwiecka ob|cast Jan Nowicki, Roman Kłosowski, Józef Nowak, Wiesław Gołas, Wadim Berestowski, Zdzisław Maklakiewicz, Paweł Maria Dolewski, Franciszek Pieczka, Jerzy Mierzejewski dys|dis SF OKO

Feature debut of the master of naturalistic movie, Andrzej Kondratiuk. It is a story about a group of geologists searching for oil in south Poland. A young and ambitious engineer, Andrzej, is sure of his case and still looks for acknowledgement of his own value. On the other hand there is manager Skawiński, a solid professional who likes well organized work, and driver Miecio, a life loving joker. The film is a story about cooperation of these various characters. It is an attempt to explore an approach to life of than thirty years old people.

AWARDS
1970 Karlovy Vary IFF – Special Prize for Andrzej Kondratiuk
1971 Łagów Film Summer – Cinematography Prize for Jan Laskowski