Zygfryd

^director Andrzej Domalik
^screenplay (based on the short story of the same name by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz) Andrzej Domalik
^{director of photography} Grzegorz Kędzierski
^music Jerzy Satanowski, Grzegorz Pritulak
^with Gustaw Holoubek, Tomasz Hudziec, Maria Pakulnis, Jan Nowicki
^awards
 Bronze Charybdis for the film and actors prize for Maria Pakulnis at the Taormina International Film Festival, 1987
 Individual Prize, Bronze Lions for debut director at the 11th Polish Film Festival in Gdańśk, 1986
 the Andrzej Munk Prize, 1986
 the Zbyszek Cybulski Prize for Maria Pakulnis, 1986
 Golden Screen (awarded by the Polish film magazine ‘Ekran’) for Maria Pakulnis, 1986

[DIALOGUE FROM THE FILM]

Maria: Be careful. This may end up badly. What do you want from Zygfryd? And those books… He keeps reading all night like mad. You need him… But what for? That is… Drawicz:… certainly not what you’re thinking. Maria: How do you know what I’m thinking? Drawicz: I just know. Maria: You’re a bad man. Drawicz: Maybe.

ANNA TATARKIEWICZ, PLAY OF YOUTH AND DEATH [GRA MŁODOŚCI I ŚMIERCI], ‘POLITYKA’, 1987, NO. 8

This film is a guarded yet piercing complaint, a cry of youth that feels lonely in the world of adults – immature, incompatible, irresponsible. Domalik based his film on a story by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, which he modified and gave more depth. Two attitudes to the young generation are confronted here: instrumental and protective. (…) Ethics, not aesthetics, is therefore seen as the determinant of culture. True culture means readiness to see a human being, a brother or sister, in another person (especially when they are weak) and to lend them a helping hand. (…) Hopefully, Andrzej Domalik will be as successful in the future as several outstanding debutants in Polish cinema.