Afterimage

2016 · 1h38 · Movie

Directed by Andrzej Wajda

Starring Bogusław Linda, Bronisława Zamachowska, Zofia Wichłacz, Aleksandra Justa, Krzysztof Pieczyński, Mariusz Bonaszewski, Rafał Zawierucha, Jacek Beler, Filip Gurłacz, Aleksander Fabisiak

Ideal when you feel… Sad / low Exhausted

In 1945, as Stalin sets his hands over Poland, famous painter Wladislaw Strzeminski refuses to compromise on his art with the doctrines of social realism. Persecuted, expelled from his chair at the University, he's eventually erased from the museums' walls. With the help of some of his students, he starts fighting against the Party and becomes the symbol of an artistic resistance against intellectual tyranny.

Original title

Powidoki

Original language

Polish

Screenplay

Andrzej Mularczyk, Andrzej Wajda

Music

Andrzej Panufnik

Cinematography

Paweł Edelman

Cast

Aleksandra Justa, Krzysztof Pieczyński, Mariusz Bonaszewski, Rafał Zawierucha, Jacek Beler, Filip Gurłacz, Aleksander Fabisiak, Paulina Gałązka, Irena Melcer

Updated July 22, 2026

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