Themes: Families in Crisis, Fathers and Sons, Family Gatherings
Main Cast: Daniel Olbrychski
Release Year: 1971
Country: PL
Run Time: 90 minutes
Plot
Zycie Rodzinne (Family Life, 1970), Krzysztof Zanussi's follow-up to his 1969 The Structure of Crystals, begins with an industrial designer named Wit who returns to his boyhood home at the outset of the story when confronted with the distressing news of his father's terminal illness. Wit initially feels a bit pompous and superior to his kin, who now live in a half-dilapidated home and have made their world small and narrow, with the father running a barely successful small business. Though Wit at first feels a strong conviction that he has risen above his origins, he finds himself slowly falling prey to old comforts and family values. Ultimately offered a new life with his family, with a partnership in the business, Wit is forced to confront his beliefs and convictions, and reassess his priorities. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
Jerzy Binczycki - Director of Institute; Maja Komorowska - Bella; Jan Nowicki - Marek; Karol Strasburger - Husband of woman with child in window; Anna Nehrebecka - Woman with child in window; Anna Milewska - Translator; Jan Kreczmar - The Father; Halina Mikolajska - The Aunt; Barbara Soltysik; Wladyslaw Kornak; Barbara Kobrzynska
Credit
Tadeusz Wybult - Art Director, Konrad Bryzek - Conductor, Janina Krassowska - Co-producer, Tomasz Miernowski - Co-producer, Zofia Wierchowicz - Costume Designer, Krzysztof Zanussi - Director, Urszula Sliwinska - Editor, Jerzy Buchwald - Executive Producer, Wojciech Kilar - Composer (Music Score), Halina Sienska - Makeup, Jan Hesse - Camera Operator, William McCrow - Production Designer, Witold Sobocinski - Cinematographer, Tony Garnett - Producer, Wieslawa Dembinska - Sound/Sound Designer, Krzysztof Zanussi - Dialogue Writer, Krzysztof Zanussi - Screenwriter, Polish Symphonic Orchestra for Radio and Television - Musical Performer, Grzegorz Kedzierski - Still Photographer, Anna Adamek - Assistant Makeup, Anna Biedrzycka - Costumes Assistant, Lucja Osko - Assistant Editor, Andrzej Kotkowski - Assistant Director, Joanna Krauze - Assistant Director, Jacek Butrymowicz - Assistant Director, Bogdan Borewicz - Assistant Camera, Kazimierz Pawlak - Assistant Camera
