Revenge
by Andrzej Wajda
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Director: Andrzej WajdaDVD: Region Code 0
Audio: Polish (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Polish (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 100 unknown-units
Published: 2004
DVD Release Date: 2010-01-19
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Polart Video
Movie Reviews of Revenge
Movie Review: A Polish Comedy set in the 17th Century
Summary: 5 Stars
Zemsta is one of Andrzej Wajda's newer films. Like his adaptation of so many of the classics in Polish literature, Zemsta is based on Alekesander Fredro's epic poem. The story, set in the 17th century, is about two quarreling families that live in the same castle divided by a brick wall. Every chance the two neighbors get they cause each other trouble. However, there is romance brewing within the castle walls, as the son of one man and the niece of the other like each other, despite their guardian's hatred of each.
The film is similar to a play, and the characters even occasionally talk to the audience. Much of the dialogue is in rhyme (in Polish anyway, not in the English subtitles). But it is more than a drama, it is also a comedy. After watching the film more than five times, I still laugh so much I start choking every time it gets to the part where Gajos and Olbrychski are scribing a letter. Interestingly, Roman Polanski plays a leading role in this film, and he even sings.
Summary of Revenge
Andrzej Wajda's costume comedy, a hilarious tale of two 17th century families divided by love, greed ... and a crumbling stone wall that runs through the middle of their castle.