Afterimage (2016)
overview : In 1945, as Stalin sets his hands over Poland, famous painter Wladislaw Strzeminski refuses to compromise on his art with the doctrines of social realism. Persecuted, expelled from his chair at the University, he's eventually erased from the museums' walls. With the help of some of his students, he starts fighting against the Party and becomes the symbol of an artistic resistance against intellectual tyranny.
Release Date : Oct 22, 2016
Runtime : 1h 38m
Genre : Drama
Companies : National Audiovisual Institute, Akson Studio, TVP
Countries : Poland
Keywords : work, chance, resistance, painting, artist, rejection, community, man, joseph stalin, vision, art, poland, communism, censorship, physical disability, subordination, legal system