Camera Buff

Unrated

10/3/19801h 52m

Theatrical Release (US)

Overview:

Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.

Director:

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Status:

Released

Language:

Polish

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Revenue:

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Key words:

factory worker
factory
camera
poland
filmmaking
super 8mm footage
documentary filmmaking
marital problem
communist party
thuggish boss
party politics
post-war poland
student film
film festival
new father
someone with a camera

Cast

Jerzy Stuhr

~ as ~

Filip Mosz

Małgorzata Ząbkowska

~ as ~

Irka Mosz

Ewa Pokas

~ as ~

Anna Włodarczyk

Stefan Czyżewski

~ as ~

Director

Jerzy Nowak

~ as ~

Stanisław Osuch

Tadeusz Bradecki

~ as ~

Witek Jachowicz

Marek Litewka

~ as ~

Piotrek Krawczyk

Bogusław Sobczuk

~ as ~

Kędzierski

Krzysztof Zanussi

~ as ~

Krzysztof Zanussi

Andrzej Jurga

~ as ~

Andrzej Jurga

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Reviews (1)

b
badelf
Written 2 year(s) ago
7
An early Kieslowski with all the trademarks that he refined later in life and that made him one of the greatest filmmakers ever: the politics, the moral dilemmas, the existential questions - that are, of course, not resolved. It's put together well, although his later greats are much tighter. While watching, I couldn't help but wonder how much of this is actually autobiographical.