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Burial of a Potato

Set in 1946, the film tells a story of a Polish villager returning home after years in a concentration camp. Mateusz is an old-timer, a saddler, who finds nothing but hostility when he makes it home after years away. He is not a Jew, though the villagers brand him one and give him a hard time. They feel guilty about the death of his son at the end of the war, and don't want the father around. In the background: beginnings of the Communist regime in Poland.

Top Cast

  • Franciszek Pieczka

    Franciszek Pieczka

    Mateusz Szewczyk

  • Adam Ferency

    Adam Ferency

    Stefan Gorzelak

  • Mariusz Saniternik

    Mariusz Saniternik

    Pasiasia

  • Ewa Żukowska

    Ewa Żukowska

    Mierzwowa

  • Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska

    Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska

    Dziedziczka Lachowiczowa

  • Bogusław Sochnacki

    Bogusław Sochnacki

    Mazurek

  • Grzegorz Heromiński

    Grzegorz Heromiński

    Wladzio Rzepecki

  • Feliks Szajnert

    Feliks Szajnert

    Antoni Andrzejewski

  • Katarzyna Łaniewska

    Katarzyna Łaniewska

    Mazurkowa

Overview

Set in 1946, the film tells a story of a Polish villager returning home after years in a concentration camp. Mateusz is an old-timer, a saddler, who finds nothing but hostility when he makes it home after years away. He is not a Jew, though the villagers brand him one and give him a hard time. They feel guilty about the death of his son at the end of the war, and don't want the father around. In the background: beginnings of the Communist regime in Poland.

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