The Rite of Passage (2010)

  • NR
  • 04/09/2010 (PL)
  • Drama
  • 1h 49m

Overview

A couple with two small children (Ludwik is fourteen and Hania is nine) travel from Lwow to a newly liberated Krakow. Ludwik attends a good school and quickly establish friendships. Before the 1946 June "3XTAK” referendum Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, leader of the PSL party, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture, came to Krakow. During his visit Ludwig was involved in a street brawl and consequently, was arrested. In turbulent times in which Ludwik matures, things trivial and silly still verge on the serious and the tragic...

Janusz Majewski

Director, Writer

Cast

Adam Wróblewski's headshot

Adam Wróblewski

Ludwik Taschke
Antoni Królikowski's headshot

Antoni Królikowski

Romek Szrama
Marek Kondrat's headshot

Marek Kondrat

Professor Matoń
Wojciech Pszoniak's headshot

Wojciech Pszoniak

Major Trzaska
Wiktor Zborowski's headshot

Wiktor Zborowski

Professor 'Syfon'
Agnieszka Michalska's headshot

Agnieszka Michalska

Maria Taschke
Artur Żmijewski's headshot

Artur Żmijewski

Tadeusz Taschke
Sonia Bohosiewicz's headshot

Sonia Bohosiewicz

Mecenasowa Halberowa

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