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Samosiuk. The Independent Film Republic

The film is a portrait of Zygmunt Samosiuk, a great forgotten cinematographer, who died in 1983. As a director of photography he worked on such films as The Birch Wood, Landscape Afterthe Battle and Austeria. He introduced, among others, hand‑held camera shots, colour lights and shooting at minimum exposure. Reminiscences of his colleagues and friends, including Andrzej Wajda and Piotr Szulkin, show a gifted artist and a modest man who valued his work above all.

Top Cast

  • Zygmunt Samosiuk

    Zygmunt Samosiuk

    Self (archive footage)

  • Andrzej Wajda

    Andrzej Wajda

    Self

  • Piotr Szulkin

    Piotr Szulkin

    Self

  • Krzysztof Gradowski

    Krzysztof Gradowski

    Self

  • Janusz Majewski

    Janusz Majewski

    Self

  • Bogdan Dziworski

    Bogdan Dziworski

    Self

  • Irena Karel

    Irena Karel

    Self

  • Daniel Olbrychski

    Daniel Olbrychski

    Self

  • Zygmunt Malanowicz

    Zygmunt Malanowicz

    Self

Overview

The film is a portrait of Zygmunt Samosiuk, a great forgotten cinematographer, who died in 1983. As a director of photography he worked on such films as The Birch Wood, Landscape Afterthe Battle and Austeria. He introduced, among others, hand‑held camera shots, colour lights and shooting at minimum exposure. Reminiscences of his colleagues and friends, including Andrzej Wajda and Piotr Szulkin, show a gifted artist and a modest man who valued his work above all.

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