A play so dangerous the communist government tried to kill it. It ran for 10 years anyway.
At the Old Theater in Krakow Wajda staged a play in 1971, based on Dostoevsky's novel "Demons". In this documentary Wajda tells the story of the unique play that went on uninterrupted for 10 years despite opposition from the authorities.
Direction
Wajda's final documentary, directing himself into history.
Production
Incredible archival footage of a production that shouldn't exist.
Director
Andrzej Wajda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wajda chose 'Demons' deliberately—Dostoevsky's novel about revolutionary cells destroying themselves mirrored Poland's own dissident movements, letting audiences read between very dangerous lines.
This was Wajda's farewell to cinema, released months before his death—fitting that his last film resurrects a banned past he himself helped create.
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