A grotesque Shakespearean tale of Ubu who comes to power in a bloody way. When his absurd reforms fail and the treasury gets empty, Ubu and his flatterers start implementing terror across the country.
Production
Surreal industrial sets that look like a fever dream of Soviet decay.
Acting
Jan Peszek's Ubu is part clown, part nightmare, all committed.
Direction
Szulkin's controlled chaos—every frame feels deliberately grotesque.
Director
Piotr Szulkin
Jan Peszek
Ubu
Katarzyna Figura
Ubica
Marek Siudym
Michał Fiodorowicz
Jerzy Trela
car Aleksy
Maria Ciunelis
ociemniała kwiaciarka
Maria Pakulnis
ambasador Niemiec
Krzysztof Kowalewski
Pissedoux, członek świty królewskiej
Wojciech Siemion
profesor
Olgierd Łukaszewicz
rotmistrz Bardior
Marek Walczewski
generał
Marcin Troński
ambasador Anglii
Krystyna Feldman
królowa Rozamunda
Wojciech Skibiński
członek świty królewskiej
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Szulkin adapted Alfred Jarry's 1896 play 'Ubu Roi,' which caused a riot at its Paris premiere for its opening word: 'Merdre.'
Shot in dilapidated Polish factories, the film's visual language directly reflects post-communist institutional decay. Szulkin called it 'documentary grotesque.'
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