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At Full Gallop (Polish: Cwał, and also known as In Full Gallop) is a 1996 Polish biographical tragicomedy film written and directed by Krzysztof Zanussi, starring Maja Komorowska, Bartosz Obuchowicz, Karolina Wajda, Piotr Adamczyk, Piotr Szwedes, Andrzej Szenajch, with Halina Gryglaszewska, Sławomira Łozińska, Stanisława Celińska, Krystyna Bigelmajer, Agnieszka Warchulska, Grzegorz Warchoł, Jan Prochyra, Stephen Kember, Eugeniusz Priwiezieńcew, Lew Rywin, and Mario Di Nardo in supporting roles. Zanussi has described the film as his most autobiographical work. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Plot
A young boy in post-World War II, Communist-dominated Poland, whose father's decision to remain in the United Kingdom after the war has made his family politically-suspect with the local Party authorities, is sent by his mother to stay with an "aunt" (in reality an old family friend) in the capital, Warsaw. Ida is a strong-willed, single, middle-aged woman who has found her own ways of surviving in the Communist-run society (which sometimes involves her charming powerful older men, as well as maintaining two different sets of identity papers). She gets Hubert admitted to one of the city's best schools by portraying him as the orphan of a war hero. But she also shares with him her own passion for horses, at a time when riding is seen by many officials as a relic of the old aristocratic class. Hubert himself, meanwhile, struggles to understand how it can be right for a good Catholic to lie in order to survive under Communism.
Cast
Maja Komorowska as Aunt Idalia Dobrowolska
Bartosz Obuchowicz as Hubert
Karolina Wajda as Rozmaryna
Piotr Adamczyk as Ksawery
Piotr Szwedes as Dominik
Andrzej Szenajch as cavalry captain
Halina Gryglaszewska as Idalia's aunt
Sławomira Łozińska as Hubert's mother
Stanisława Celińska as Justyna Winewar (minister's wife)
Krystyna Bigelmajer as teacher
Agnieszka Warchulska as headteacher
Grzegorz Warchoł as LZS director
Jan Prochyra as UB officer interrogating Hubert's mother
Stephen Kember as British diplomat
Eugeniusz Priwiezieńcew as public prosecutor
Lew Rywin as minister
Mario Di Nardo as Italian diplomat
Filming
The film was mostly shot in Czerwińsk nad Wisłą and Łąck.
See also
List of submissions to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
List of Polish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
References
External links
At Full Gallop at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Maja Komorowska
- Krzysztof Zanussi
- Ojarumaru
- Daftar perwakilan Polandia untuk Film Internasional Terbaik pada Academy Award
- Misteri Burung Hitam
- Hotel Bertram
- Pembunuhan di Wisma Pendeta
- Tiga Ekor Tikus Buta
- Manga
- MAPPA
- At Full Gallop
- Full Gallop
- Incitatus
- Parthian shot
- Lance
- Jigit
- Kyrgyzstan
- Geoff Gallop
- Krzysztof Zanussi
- Mongolian horse