AWAY FROM WINDOW
(DALEKO OD OKNA)

2000, 104 min., Poland
Polish with English subtitles

DIRECTION:
Jan Jakub Kolski
SCRIPT:
Cezary Harasimowicz based on "The One From Hamburg" by Hanna Kral
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Arkadiusz Tomiak
ART DIRECTION:
Michal Hrisulidis
MUSIC:
Michal Lorenc
EDITING:
Zbigniew Kostrzewinski
SOUND:
Andrzej Zabinski
PRODUCED BY:
TVP – Film Agency, Canal + Poland
PRODUCER:
Witold Adamek

CAST:
Bartosz Opania (Jan), Dorota Landowska (Barbara), Dominika Ostalowska (Regina), Krzysztof Pieczynski (Jodla), Karolina Gruszka (Helusia)

A small town during the Nazi occupation. A childless couple, Barbara and Jan, hide a Jewish woman Regina in their house. Jodla, a policeman from the nearby police station, discovers their secret, however - bribed by Jan - conceals it. He is also secretly in love with Barbara. Regina gets pregnant with Jan. Barbara pretends that she is going to have a baby - she puts a cussion under her dress. The child is born in secret. Helusia now has two mothers, but Barbara wants the baby only for herself. Regina leaves the closet she used to hide in and observes how she slowly loses her daughter.

JAN JAKUB KOLSKI
Born in 1956 in Wroclaw. Director, scriptwriter, cinematographer, writer. Graduated from the Lodz Film School in Lodz (Cinematography Department, 1985). Author of numerous awarded documentaries including "The World's Most Beautiful Cave" (1982) and "A Beautiful Day" (1988). Member of the European Film Academy since 2000.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

2006 Jasminum, Golden Teeth Award '06;
2003 Pornography (Pornografia), Polish entry to the Academy Award;
2000 Far from a Window (Daleko od okna);
1998 The Story of the Movies in Popielawy (Historia kina w Popielawach), Grand Prix in Gdynia '98, Geneva’ & Triest '99;
1996 A Sword from the Commander (Szabla od komendanta);
1995 Playing for a Death Angel (Grajacy z talerza), Jury Award in Tokyo '95;
1994 A Miraculous Place (Cudowne miejsce), Best Directing Award in Gdynia '94;
1993 Johnny the Aquarius (Jancio Wodnik), Golden Teeth Award '94 & others;
1992 Pograbek;
1990 The Potato Funeral (Pogrzeb kartofla).

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 at 5pm (SKOKIE THEATRE)