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Bohaterowie polskiego kina
Lords of Imagination: Famous Screen Protagonists

Author(s): Grażyna Stachówna
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: cinema; Maciek Chełmicki; Andrzej Kmicic; Henryk Kwinto; Franz Maurer; Diamond and Ashes; Deluge; Vabank; Vabank II; Dogs; Dogs II

Summary/Abstract: In her book Lords of Imagination: Lead Characters in Polish Film, from which we quote extensive fragments, the author refers to the screen protagonists who live on in our imagination. The author shows how they embody viewers’ dreams, desires and hopes. In successive chapters, the lineage of characters and hilarious anecdotes about characters and actors can be found. For this issue we reprinted fragments concerning Maciek Chełmicki (Diamond and Ashes), Andrzej Kmicic (Deluge), Henryk Kwinto (Vabank and Vabank II), and Franz Mauer (Dogs and Dogs II).

  • Issue Year: 5/2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 179-194
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish