Beginning of 1945, Poland. At the just liberated areas, the Communist Security Service eliminates its enemies under the pretext of punishing "national traitors". It organizes a labour camp for Germans, Silesians and Poles, at the site of a former Nazi concentration camp, which is named Zgoda/Reconciliation. Franek, who is in love with a Polish prisoner Anna, joins the camp crew to rescue her. He doesn't know that one of the inmates is Erwin, his German friend, who, like himself, has also loved Anna for a long time. Franek joins Communists in the illusory hope of outsmarting the system.
Director’s Biography
Maciej is a Director and screenwriter from Poland. He co-directed his debut feature film Performer (winner of the THINK: FILM AWARD at the Berlin IFF) with Lukasz Ronduda. His second film The Reconciliation was awarded in the FIRST LOOK section at the Locarno International Film Festival. He is a lecturer at the PWSFTViT in Lodz and the DEVELOPENT LAB Programme at the Wajda School, Polish Film Institute.
Director : Maciej Sobieszczanski
Producer : Zbigniew Domagalski
Cast : Julian Swiezewski, Jakub Gierszal, Zofia Wichlacz, Danuta Stenka, Wojciech Zielinski
Screenplay : Malgorzata Sobieszczanska
Cinematographer : Valentyn Vasyanovych
Editor : Rafal Listopad
Music by : Bartek Gliniak
Costume Designer : Agata Culak
Production Designer : Bartosz Mrozowski, Ewa Skoczkowska, Anna Wlodarczyk
Production company : Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop, EBH Polska, Wajda Studio
World Sales : Kino Swiat
World Sales Email : www.audiowizualni.pl
Festivals
Polish Film Festival 2017
CameraImage Film Festival 2017
Original Title : Zgoda
English Title : The Reconciliation
Language : Polish
Country : Poland
Year : 2017
Runtime : 87 min
Type (colour/ black & white) : Colour
Director’s Filmography
The Reconciliation
Performer
Urodziny (Short)