Little Friar

The story about friar Alojzy (Piotr Kosiba, 1855-1939), a Franciscan from Wieliczka near Krakow, famous for his goodness and cheerfulness, the caretaker of the poor. His beatification process started in 1963. We meet the friar in the last days of his life when he decides to leave this world to atone for the life of a seriously ill boy. Alojzy says farewell to the earthly life and looks forward to the eternity. Monastic life – uncanny and solitary but always fascinating – here seems ordinary and human.

Credits

Reżyseria

Andrzej Barański

Written by: Andrzej Barański

Director of photography: Dariusz Kuc

Music by: Marta Broczkowska

Production design by: Albina Barańska

Sound: Barbara Domaradzka

Editing: Wanda Zeman

Costume design by: Katarzyna Morawska

Production manager: Małgorzata Jurczak

Produced by: Polish Television Film Agency

Executive producer: Skorpion Art

Distributed by: Vivarto

World sales: Telewizja Polska - Biuro Współpracy Międzynarodowej

Country and year of production: Poland, 2006

Cast: Artur Barciś (Piotr Kosiba, friar Alojzy), Grzegorz Gołaszewski (friar Jacek), Henryk Błażejczyk (father Melchior), Janusz Wizło (hairdresser), Janusz Łagodziński (father guardian), Andrzej Okrza-Łapicki (father provincial), Rafał Dajbor (drug store salesman), Ewa Pająk (housekeeper), Zbigniew Kasprzyk (housekeeper), Antoni Kobiałka (carter), Grzegorz Kulikowski (heir), Michał Włodarczyk (baker’s son), Ewa Okrza-Łapicka (town woman), Bartłomiej Bobrowski (monk)

Length: 97,5 min.

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