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The Wedding

The Wedding

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 9, 1973

Runtime

1h 42m

Genres

Drama

User Score

73%

Original Title

Wesele

Director

Andrzej Wajda

Description

Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past. In the end a call to arms is called but turns out to be a hoax.