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Wikipedia article
'At Full Gallop' (, and also known as 'In Full Gallop') is a 1996 Polish biographical tragicomedy film written and directed by Krzysztof Zanussi, starring Maja Komorowska, Bartosz Obuchowicz, Karolina Wajda, Piotr Adamczyk, Piotr Szwedes, Andrzej Szenajch, with Halina Gryglaszewska, Sawomira oziska, Stanisawa Celiska, Krystyna Bigelmajer, Agnieszka Warchulska, Grzegorz Warcho, Jan Prochyra, Stephen Kember, Eugeniusz Priwieziecew, Lew Rywin, and Mario Di Nardo in supporting roles. Zanussi has described the film as his most autobiographical work. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Plot
A young boy in post-World War II, Communist-dominated Poland, whose father's decision to remain in the United Kingdom after the war has made his family politically-suspect with the local Party authorities, is sent by his mother to stay with an "aunt" (in reality an old family friend) in the capital, Warsaw. Ida is a strong-willed, single, middle-aged woman who has found her own ways of surviving in the Communist-run society (which sometimes involves her charming powerful older men, as well as maintaining two different sets of identity papers). She gets Hubert admitted to one of the city's best schools by portraying him as the orphan of a war hero. But she also shares with him her own passion for horses, at a time when riding is seen by many officials as a relic of the old aristocratic class. Hubert himself, meanwhile, struggles to understand how it can be right for a good Catholic to lie in order to survive under Communism."In Full Gallop" : Overview. Movies. 'The New York Times'
Cast
* Maja Komorowska as Aunt Idalia Dobrowolska
* Bartosz Obuchowicz as Hubert
* Karolina Wajda as Rozmaryna
* Piotr Adamczyk as Ksawery
* Piotr Szwedes as Dominik
* Andrzej Szenajch as cavalry captain
* Halina Gryglaszewska as Idalia's aunt
* Sawomira oziska as Hubert's mother
* Stanisawa Celiska as Justyna Winewar (minister's wife)
* Krystyna Bigelmajer as teacher
* Agnieszka Warchulska as headteacher
* Grzegorz Warcho as LZS director
* Jan Prochyra as UB officer interrogating Hubert's mother
* Stephen Kember as British diplomat
* Eugeniusz Priwieziecew as public prosecutor
* Lew Rywin as minister
* Mario Di Nardo as Italian diplomat
Filming
The film was mostly shot in Czerwisk nad Wis and ck.
See also
* List of submissions to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Polish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
References
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