Rejs is considered as a masterpiece by many and as the earliest cult film in Polish cinema. Shot in a quasi-documentary style, with a cast featuring not more than two or three professional actors, the absurd plot parodies life in the People's Republic of Poland, reducing a weekend river cruise to a hilarious parody of the entire communist system.
Screenshot from the movie
A stowaway (Stanisław Tym) sneaks aboard a ship departing on a cruise down the Vistula River. The captain takes him for a Communist Party cultural coordinator and the intruder gladly adapts to his new role, immediately setting to work at manipulating the passengers and crew into silly and vaguely humiliating games. Before long, Tym has got everyone under his thumb and created his own comedic dictatorship. A memorable performance was given by Jan Himilsbach, an amateur actor who formerly carved tombstones.
The film was directed in such a way that the characters' behaviors and expressions sound natural and the film resembles a documentary shot with a hidden camera. The characters were played by many non-actors or theater actors who had not acted in films before, and some scenes were improvised. Because of the low budget, the film was shot on black-and-white film stock with a single camera. The only lens we had for close-ups malfunctioned, so zooming was done by having the characters move closer to the camera. The non-professional actors didn't know how to move, so the cameraman drew them to the camera by pulling on a string tied to their leg. The film crew called this technique "Turkish zoom."[1]
cruise, 1970, film, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, cruise, 1970, film, news, newspapers, books, sch. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources The Cruise 1970 film news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2019 Learn how and when to remove this message Rejs known in English as The Cruise or The Trip Down the River is a Polish comedy film released in 1970 directed by Marek Piwowski who also co wrote the screenplay with Andrzej Barszczynski Janusz Glowacki and Jerzy Karaszkiewicz The score was composed by Wojciech Kilar RejsDVD cover of a recent Polish movie editionDirected byMarek PiwowskiWritten byAndrzej BarszczynskiJanusz GlowackiJerzy KaraszkiewiczMarek PiwowskiStarringStanislaw TymZdzislaw MaklakiewiczJan HimilsbachCinematographyAndrzej BarszczynskiMarek NowickiEdited byLidia PacewiczMusic byWojciech KilarRelease date1970Running time65CountryPolandLanguagePolish Rejs is considered as a masterpiece by many and as the earliest cult film in Polish cinema Shot in a quasi documentary style with a cast featuring not more than two or three professional actors the absurd plot parodies life in the People s Republic of Poland reducing a weekend river cruise to a hilarious parody of the entire communist system Screenshot from the movie A stowaway Stanislaw Tym sneaks aboard a ship departing on a cruise down the Vistula River The captain takes him for a Communist Party cultural coordinator and the intruder gladly adapts to his new role immediately setting to work at manipulating the passengers and crew into silly and vaguely humiliating games Before long Tym has got everyone under his thumb and created his own comedic dictatorship A memorable performance was given by Jan Himilsbach an amateur actor who formerly carved tombstones Contents 1 Production 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksProduction editThe film was directed in such a way that the characters behaviors and expressions sound natural and the film resembles a documentary shot with a hidden camera The characters were played by many non actors or theater actors who had not acted in films before and some scenes were improvised Because of the low budget the film was shot on black and white film stock with a single camera The only lens we had for close ups malfunctioned so zooming was done by having the characters move closer to the camera The non professional actors didn t know how to move so the cameraman drew them to the camera by pulling on a string tied to their leg The film crew called this technique Turkish zoom 1 See also editCinema of Poland List of Polish language films River cruiseReferences edit https nto pl jak plynal rejs ar 3962899External links editOfficial website Polish Poster gallery Rejs at IMDb nbsp Rejs at AllMovie Rejs at Culture pl Rejs at The National Film Archive s Digital Repository nbsp This film article about a 1970s comedy film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article related to a Polish film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Cruise 1970 film amp oldid 1190994026, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
