Clergy (Kler) by Wojciech Smarzowski – The Image of Catholic Priests in Polish Movies After 1989
Clergy (Kler) by Wojciech Smarzowski – The Image of Catholic Priests in Polish Movies After 1989

Summary/Abstract: Clergy (Kler, 2018) by Wojciech Smarzowski has aroused great controversy and many discussions about the position and role of the Catholic Church in contemporary Poland. I would like to look at the portraits of priests in the film in relation to the images previously created in Polish cinema. I am not going to analyze particular examples, but point to selected motifs and characters in order to interpret the images of clergymen and the church in their context. I will consider both the construction of individual characters and the image of the Catholic Church as an institution.

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