Wobec nierozwiązywalnej sprzeczności. Film milicyjnych procedur w systemie gatunkowym lat 60.
Insurmountable contradiction: Milicja procedurals within the genre system of the 1960s

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to describe a particular crime movie genre that developed in Poland in the 60s, i.e. procedurals involving the socialist law enforcement (milicja), such as Dwaj panowie „N” (dir. T. Chmielewski, 1962), Spotkanie ze szpiegiem (dir. J. Batory, 1964), Hasło „Korn” (dir. W. Podgórski 1968), Zapalniczka (dir. K. Szmagier, 1970) and a television series, Przygody psa Cywila (dir. K. Szmagier, 1968–1970). The features of the genre included, among others, the presentation of law enforcement as a smoothly operating collective machine that relies on the joint effort to capture the criminal, and a realistic portrayal of law enforcement procedures as the show’s main attraction. Consequently, productions in question do not rely on plot and mystery but on a spectacle of sorts, a look behind the scenes of investigations, chases and arrests. The text is also an attempt to place the genre within a broader cultural context and to explain why such formula was viewed as potentially attractive by the viewers and acceptable by the state.

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