Burial of a Potato (1990)

8.3/10 96 min Drama

Overview

Set in 1946, the film tells a story of a Polish villager returning home after years in a concentration camp. Mateusz is an old-timer, a saddler, who finds nothing but hostility when he makes it home after years away. He is not a Jew, though the villagers brand him one and give him a hard time. They feel guilty about the death of his son at the end of the war, and don't want the father around. In the background: beginnings of the Communist regime in Poland.

Cast

Franciszek Pieczka

Mateusz Szewczyk

Adam Ferency

Stefan Gorzelak

Mariusz Saniternik

Pasiasia

Ewa Żukowska

Mierzwowa

Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska

Dziedziczka Lachowiczowa

Bogusław Sochnacki

Mazurek

Grzegorz Heromiński

Wladzio Rzepecki

Feliks Szajnert

Antoni Andrzejewski

Katarzyna Łaniewska

Mazurkowa

Irena Burawska

Kusidelka

Henryk Niebudek

Kapitan

Andrzej Jurczak

Mierzwa

Krystyna Feldman

Matka Gorzelaka

Jan Jankowski

Jurek Szewczyk, Mateusz's son

Lech Gwit

Geometra Franus

Dariusz Siatkowski

Tadek Mazurek

Mirosława Marcheluk

Andrzejewska

Tadeusz Falana

Pomocnik Geometry

Ryszard Mróz

Soltys

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