Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Container title: Blind chance
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| Other authors / contributors: | Kieślowski, Krzysztof, 1941-1996, film director, screenwriter.
Szeligowski, Jacek, film producer.
Linda, Bogusław, actor.
Łomnicki, Tadeusz, 1927-1992, actor.
Zapasiewicz, Zbigniew, 1934-2009, actor.
Pawelec, Bogusława, 1954- actor.
Trybala, Marzena, 1950- actor.
Ferency, Adam, 1951- actor.
Byrska, Irena, actor.
Goździk, Monika, actor.
Hübner, Zygmunt, actor.
Stuhr, Jerzy, actor.
Iwińska, Stefania, 1928-1988, actor.
Pakulski, Krzysztof, director of photography.
Kilar, Wojciech, composer (expression)
Waltenberger, Rafal, production designer.
Kurkowska, El̇żbieta., editor of moving image work.
Domaniecka, Agnieszka, costume designer.
Kaczmarski, Jacek, actor, singer.
Sobolewski, Tadeusz, 1947- interviewee (expression)
Holland, Agnieszka, 1948- interviewee (expression)
Lim, Dennis, 1973- writer of supplementary textual content.
Zespół Filmowy TOR, production company.
Film Polski, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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| ISBN: | 1681430487
9781681430485
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| Physical medium: | DVD video 4 3/4 in.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital optical stereo Dolby Digital 2.0
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| Projection characteristics: | widescreen (1.66:1)
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| Video characteristics: | NTSC
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file DVD video region 1
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| Notes: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1981.
"This is the 1981 version of the film with censored fragments restored" --Opening screens, English subtitle.
New, restored 4k digital transfer of the original uncensored film, approved by cinematographer Krzysztof Pakulski.
Special features: "Blind chance" unshelved (interview with Polish film critic Tadeusz Sobolewski discussing the film); Agnieszka Holland (interview with filmmaker Agnieszka Holland from 2003 discussing the film); Censored (nine sections from the film originally censored in Poland). Insert includes an essay by film critic Dennis Lim and a 1993 interview about the film with director Krzysztof Kieślowski.
Producer, Jacek Szeligowski ; director of photography, Krzysztof Pakulski ; music, Wojciech Kilar ; production designer, Rafał Waltenberger ; editor, Elżbieta Kurkowska ; costume design, Agnieszka Domaniecka ; guest singer, Jacek Kaczmarski.
Bogusław Linda, Tadeusz Łomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Bogusława Pawelec, Marzena Trybała, Jacek Borkowski, Jacek Sas-Uchrynowski, Adam Ferency, Irena Byrska, Monika Goździk, Zygmunt Hübner, Jerzy Stuhr, Kazimiera Nogajówna, Stefania Iwińska, Bogdan Niewinowski, Piotr Skarga, Piotr Loretz, Jacek Kaczmarski, Maciej Maciejewski, Kazimierz Jaworksi, Mirosław Siedler.
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.66:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.
In Polish with optional subtitles in English.
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| Summary: | A compelling drama about the difficulty of reconciling political ideals with personal happiness. This unforgettable film follows Witek, a medical student with an uncertain future in Communist Poland; the movie dramatizes Witek's journey as a series of different possibilities, suggesting that chance rules our lives as much as choice. First suppressed and then censored by the Polish government.
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| Target Audience: | MPAA rating: Not rated.
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| Standard no.: | 715515156615
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| Publisher's no.: | CC2530D The Criterion Collection
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