Samosiuk. The Independent Film Republic
Niezależna Republika Samosiuk
The story
The film is a portrait of Zygmunt Samosiuk, a great forgotten cinematographer, who died in 1983. As a director of photography he worked on such films as The Birch Wood, Landscape Afterthe Battle and Austeria. He introduced, among others, hand‑held camera shots, colour lights and shooting at minimum exposure. Reminiscences of his colleagues and friends, including Andrzej Wajda and Piotr Szulkin, show a gifted artist and a modest man who valued his work above all.
Cast & crew
Zygmunt Samosiuk
Self (archive footage)
Andrzej Wajda
Self
Piotr Szulkin
Self
Krzysztof Gradowski
Self
Janusz Majewski
Self
Bogdan Dziworski
Self
Irena Karel
Self
Daniel Olbrychski
Self
Zygmunt Malanowicz
Self
Marian Marzynski
Self
Renata Pajchel
Self
Haakon Sandøy
Self
Adam Lewandowski
Director
Kuba Kosma
Producer
Jakub Giza
Cinematography