An Interview with Writer/Director Albert Acosta
We sat down with Writer/Director Albert Acosta to discuss his debut short film, (ha-ha), Acosta's foray into narrative cinema, and how his personal experiences have shaped his filmmaking philosophy.
Landscape After Battle (1978)
Film opens with the mad rush of haphazard freedom as the concentration camps are liberated. Men are trying to grab food, change clothes, bury their tormentors they find alive. Then they are herded into other camps as the Allies try to devise policy to control the situation. A young poet who cannot quite find himself in this new situation, meets a headstrong Jewish young girl who wants him to run off with her, to the West. He cannot cope with her growing demands for affection, while still harboring the hatred for the Germans and disdain for his fellow men who quickly revert to petty enmities.
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Film opens with the mad rush of haphazard freedom as the concentration camps are liberated. Men are trying to grab food, change clothes, bury their tormentors they find alive. Then they are herded into other camps as the Allies try to devise policy to control the situation. A young poet who cannot quite find himself in this new situation, meets a headstrong Jewish young girl who wants him to run off with her, to the West. He cannot cope with her growing demands for affection, while still harboring the hatred for the Germans and disdain for his fellow men who quickly revert to petty enmities.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Andrzej Wajda, Andrzej Brzozowski
In Theaters:2/9/1978
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Runtime:109 minutes
Studio:Zespół Filmowy "Wektor"
Cast
Andrzej Wajda
Director
Daniel Olbrychski
Tadeusz
Stanisława Celińska
Nina
Aleksander Bardini
Professor
Tadeusz Janczar
Karol
Zygmunt Malanowicz
Priest - Editor
Mieczysław Stoor
Ensign
Leszek Drogosz
Tolek
Stefan Friedmann
Cygan
Jerzy Obłamski
Prisoner
Jerzy Zelnik
American Commander
Małgorzata Braunek
German Woman on Bicycle
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