Mitologia polityczna wczesnych filmów Jerzego Kawalerowicza

• Authors: Mateusz Nieć
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The author refers to Roland Barthes’s early concept of mythology in analyzing the films of Jerzy Kawalerowicz, one of the most outstanding Polish directors of the twentieth century. He interprets three of Kawalerowicz’s films, Pociąg [Night Train], Matka Joanna od Aniołów [Mother Joan of the Angels] and Faraon [Pharaoh], which are read in the mythological register and in the political context. First the statements of the director in regard to each film are presented, then the judgments of film critics are provided, and finally the author gives his own interpretation. Night Train is shown as a film addressing the wrongs of the Stalinist era, and the problem of a totalitarian state. Mother Joanne of the Angels questions the sense of ideology in a totalitarian world, and is partially the director’s search for political identity, while Pharaoh is a look at the post-October reformers and the reasons for their failure. Pharaoh also provides a new vision of the state.

Keywords

PL

mitologia polityczna; kultura polityczna; propaganda; totalitaryzm; literatura polska; filmy Jerzego Kawalerowicza

EN

political mythology; political culture; propaganda; totalitarianism; Polish literature; Jerzy Kawalerowicz's films

• Publisher: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
• Journal: Kultura i Społeczeństwo
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 63
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 171-201

Dates

published

2019-09-27

Contributors

author

Mateusz Nieć

Identifiers

DOI

10.35757/KiS.2019.63.3.9