Valentina
Wojciech Faruga
2013, 0 h 55 minOne actress and a female choir. One of the most famous women of the 20th century, Walentyna Tiereszkowa and a nameless mass, symbolizing Soviet female astronauts being prepared to fly into space – the title Valentina’s doubles. A play and at the same time a concert, a documentary and creation. After 1989 Tiereszkowa fell silent and since then she never spoke to journalists. An attempt at telling a tale which has never had a chance to be told. The play makes use of excerpts from Valentina Tereshkova’s diaries and transcripts of Soviet astronauts’ views taken from Maciej Drygas’s documentary “Stan nieważkości”.
Written by: Julia Kijowska, Wojciech Faruga
Director of photography: Arek Tomiak PSC
Production design by: Agata Skwarczyńska
Costume design by: Agata Skwarczyńska
Sound by: Michał Robaczewski, Tomasz Wieczorek
Editing by: Maciej Szydłowski
Make-up by: Milena Jura, Iwona Karpińska
Production management: Paweł Mantorski
Cast: Julia Kijowska, Irena Wójcik, Barbara Szczecińska, Warszawski Żeński Chór “Harfa”
Producer: Włodzimierz Niderhaus
Produced by: Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych