Wizja lokalna 1901

Wizja lokalna 1901

More documentary in its approach than dramatized history, this is a compelling story about a 1901 children's strike in Wrzesnia near the Polish border with Prussia. Poland was partitioned at this time, and a rigidly patriotic Prussian teacher in Wrzesnia follows the dictates of the Germans in parliament and insists that the children be taught their religion classes in German. When the children refuse to take part in the classes, they are supported by the local priest, but that does not save them from being beaten. They are also kept after school and tormented in other ways as well. Newspapers, parents, and the nation as a whole get involved, transforming a simple children's strike into a national incident.

Cast for Wizja lokalna 1901...

Tadeusz Łomnicki
Mayor Mossenbach
Daniel Olbrychski
Father Paczkowski
Wiesław Drzewicz
Inspector Winter
Stanisław Igar
Głębocki
Mieczysław Voit
Count Kościelewski
Wirgiliusz Gryń
Smólkowski
Karl Sturm
Gendarme
Michał Leśniak
Września citizen
Włodzimierz Musiał
Września citizen
Elżbieta Borysiak
Bronka Olejniczak
Grzegorz Dobrzycki
Kacper Smólkowski
Wiesław Wójcik
(uncredited)