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Release Date:
September 16, 2019
Original Title:
Mowa ptaków
Alternate Titles:
Bird Talk
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
MX35
Metro Films
Studio Orka
Production Countries:
Poland
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 138
Based on a script by Andrzej Żuławski, this is a fascinating on-screen dialogue between father and son that combines nostalgia and fury, the sublime with humor, and old-school style with a sharp, penetrating look at Polish reality. The eponymous bird talk is the language used by those excluded from the aggressive majority: a history teacher tormented by children, a teacher of Polish studies fired from his job, a girl who cleans a banker’s villa, a florist with a club foot and a student with a fascination for cinema. Pushed to the margins by the extreme right, they defend themselves with irony, songs and quotes from the classics.
3D Animator:
Jacek Majewski
Tomasz Faraś
Michal Konwicki
Accountant:
Iwona Wdowiak
Acting Double:
Krzysztof Bernaś
Assistant Editor:
Paweł Wójcik
Assistant Production Manager:
Margarita Makar
Antonina Wierzchosławska
Camera Operator:
Remigiusz Wojaczek
Jakub Stolecki
Michał Dymek
Albert Lenart
Casting:
Marta Kownacka
Casting Associate:
Sylwia Wojdecka
Catering:
Grzegorz Kuran
Choreographer:
Agnieszka Brańska
Co-Director:
Piotr Kielar
Co-Producer:
Mateusz Wajda
Magdalena Zimecka
Grzegorz Ruzik
Jacek Kulczycki
Costume Design:
Anna Englert
Director:
Xawery Żuławski
Director of Photography:
Marian Prokop
Andrzej J. Jaroszewicz
Editor:
Wojciech Włodarski
Grip:
Paweł Dylik
Tomasz Sternicki
Jacek Tokarski
Arkadiusz Plachta
Health and Safety:
Wojciech Konkol
Makeup Artist:
Magdalena Kakietek
Olga Nejbauer
Master Lighting Artist:
Marek Baprawski
Adrian Tujak
Artur Zabiegałowski
Matte Painter:
Sebastian Zakrzewski
Music Consultant:
Agnieszka Kulczycka
Aneta Brykalska
Musician:
Andrzej Korzyński
Jerzy Suchocki
Rafał Kulczycki
Filip Siejka
Original Music Composer:
Andrzej Korzyński
Post Production Coordinator:
Anna Szczoczarz
Producer:
Marcin Wierzchosławski
Production Design:
Elwira Pluta
Production Manager:
Konrad Wróblewski
Screenplay:
Andrzej Żuławski
Script:
Katarzyna Biała
Second Unit Director of Photography:
Jakub Czerwiński
Sound:
Jacek Hamela
Sound Director:
Jacek Hamela
Sound Editor:
Jacek Hamela
Special Effects Coordinator:
Bartłomiej Stępniak
Janusz Bykowski
Special Effects Technician:
Fabian Stępniak
Jacek Bykowski
Steadicam Operator:
Adam Różański
Still Photographer:
Grzegorz Adach
Stunt Coordinator:
Tomasz Krzemieniecki
Stunts:
Monika Opak
Paweł Kowalski
Damian Dąmbski
Krzysztof Krzemieniecki
Magdalena Markiewicz
Translator:
Mateusz Żuławski
Anna Eichler
Artur Zapałowski
Antonina Wierzchosławska
Daniel Bird
Patrycja Mosiej
VFX Supervisor:
Wojciech Kijkowski
Marek Subocz
Visual Effects Producer:
Justyna Juszczyk
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