History of Sin

The third adaptation (previous ones from 1911 and 1933) of one of the most popular and certainly most controversial novels written by Stefan Żeromski. Meticulously precise in historical details and visually stunning, the film is faithful to its literary original – a tragic story about beautiful and sinful Ewa Pobratymska pushed by love to the bottom of humiliation. “[…] ‘The story of sin’ is first of all a story of love and love is a part of human existence”, said the director in an interview. “The adaptation of this book was a perfect pretext to make a popular film – a melodrama that would move people just like the book used to move its readers back then.”

Credits

Reżyseria

Walerian Borowczyk

written and directed by

Walerian Borowczyk

director of photography

Zygmunt Samosiuk

production design by

Teresa Barska

costume design by

Jerzy Szeski

set decorator

Marek Iwaszkiewicz

sound by

Jan Czerwiński

edited by

Lidia Pacewicz

cast

Grażyna Długołęcka (Ewa), Jerzy Zelnik (Łukasz), Olgierd Łukaszewicz (Szczerbic), Roman Wilhelmi (Pochroń), Marek Walczewski (Płaza-Spławski), Karolina Lubieńska (matka Ewy), Zdzisław Mrożewski (ojciec Ewy), Zbigniew Zapasiewicz (ksiądz Jutkiewicz), Mieczysław Voit (hrabia Bodzenta)

produced by

Zespół Filmowy TOR

production manager

Helena Nowicka

Obsada

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