The Maids of Wilko

The Maids of Wilko

dir.

Andrzej Wajda

1979, 1 h 56 min

Having lost his friend, almost forty-year-old Wiktor Ruben visits his aunt and uncle in the countryside, where he spent his youth in a manor house with a group of girls. A lot has changed since then. Julia gave birth to twin girls. Emancipated Jola got mar-ried. Fela died prematurely. Zosia and Kazia are not the same any more either. Little Tunia grew up into a beautiful young lady. Ruben’s visit, his memories and attempts to bring back the past disturb the ladies of the house, expose their complicated life paths, tragedies and failures. An excellent adaptation of a short story by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz.

written by: Zbigniew Kamiński

director of photography: Edward Kłosiński

music: Karol Szymanowski

production design: Allan Starski, Maria Osiecka-Kuminek

costume design: Wiesława Starska

make up: Anna Włodarczyk, Grażyna Dąbrowska

sound: Piotr Zawadzki

edited by: Halina Prugar

cast: Daniel Olbrychski, Anna Seniuk, Christine Pascal, Maja Komorowska, Stanisława Celińska, Krystyna Zachwatowicz

production: Zespół Filmowy X, Pierson Production – Les Films Moliere

production managers: Barbara Pec-Ślesicka, Tony Moliere