| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film Poland |
Directed by Andrzej Wajda
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Vanguard Cinema)
Three Polish capitalists live an absurd life borrowing money to build a factory, while their workers slave away: underpaid, underfed and frequently mutilated by the machinery. Wajda is not afraid to hide his contempt for his leading characters, or their Jewish lenders, but once the point is made it really has no where to go. The factory is built with much difficulty, using other people's money gained through sex, lies or just plain theft. When one of the love affairs is discovered, the jealous husband burns down the factory. However, in a postscript the whole cycle just starts over again. The frantic pace and very large cast make it difficult to keep up with characters and motivations, until at some point I just stopped caring about these pathetic people.
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