Camouflage

“Everybody conforms just like, well, you and me”, says Docent Jakub Szelestowski to his younger assistant Jarek Kruszyński at linguistic camp. Jarek is an idealist who soon discovers not only how corrupted and pretentious the intellectual community is but also that he himself is not free of hypocrisy. The flagship film of the Cinema of Moral Anxiety, with an outstanding performance by Zbigniew Zapasiewicz as modern Mephistopheles. Though set in the Polish People’s Republic, the film has proven universal.
Delected awards

PFFF in Gdansk 1977: Grand Prix Gdansk Golden Lions; award for a screenplay (Krzysztof Zanussi); award for an actor in a leading role (Zbigniew Zapasiewicz)

Tehran IFF 1977: Golden Ibex for Directing (Krzysztof Zanussi)

Rotterdam IFF 1978: Journalists Award

Credits

Reżyseria

Krzysztof Zanussi

written by

Krzysztof Zanussi

director of photography

Edward Kłosiński

music

Wojciech Kilarproduction design Tadeusz Wybult costume design Anna Biedrzyckamake-up Maria Papińskasound Wiesława Dembińska

edited by

Urszula Śliwińska

cast

Piotr Garlicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Christine Paul, Mariusz Dmochowski, Wojciech Alaborskiproduction Zespół Filmowy Tor

production manager

Tadeusz Drewno

Obsada

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