Salto

Duration: 104

Year Published: 1965

Creator: Polish State Film Studio ; ZRF "Kadr" ; written and directed by Tadeusz Konwicki.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Konwicki, Tadeusz.; Weber, Kurt.; Switoniak, Jaroslaw.; Kilar, Wojciech.; Cybulski, Zbigniew, 1927-1967.; Holoubek, Gustow.; Lipińska, Marta.; Laskowska, Irena.; Siemion, Wojciech.; Boruński, Włodzimierz.; Zespół Filmowy KADR.

Description: Production credits and date taken from Internet movie database.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.; PFA 1616-01-7508. Restricted: Not for research use.; Cinematography, Kurt Weber; music, Wojciech Kilar ; editing, Irena Chorynska, Jadwiga Jakubowska ; production design, Jaroslaw Switoniak.; Zbigniew Cybulski, Gustaw Holoubek, Marta Lipinska, Irena Laskowska, Wojciech Siemion, Wlodzimierz Borunski.; "The late Zbigniew Cybulski, one of Poland's most brilliant stage and screen actors, plays a man who arrives in a small village, claiming to be pursued by men who wish to kill him. He soon finds refuge and begins to weave a spell over the townspeople. He takes credit for curing two dying children, seduces his host's daughter, and in the film's bizarre climax, teaches the people the 'salto' (a dreamlike slow-motion dance). The arrival of a woman claiming the man as her mentally deranged husband breaks his hypnotic hold on the town, and leads to a chilling finale"--Audio Brandon catalogue, 1976-77, p.381.; PFA 1616-01-7508. D0007; In Polish with English subtitles.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE