Drama
Burial of a Potato
Set in 1946, the film tells a story of a Polish villager returning home after years in a concentration camp. Mateusz is an old-timer, a saddler, who finds nothing but hostility when he makes it home after years away. He is not a Jew, though the villagers brand him one and give him a hard time. They feel guilty about the death of his son at the end of the war, and don't want the father around. In the background: beginnings of the Communist regime in Poland.
Directed by Jan Jakub Kolski
83
User score
4 votes
Status
Released
Released
January 1, 1990
Runtime
1h 36m
Language
Polish
Top cast
Franciszek Pieczka
Mateusz Szewczyk
Adam Ferency
Stefan Gorzelak
Mariusz Saniternik
Pasiasia
Ewa Żukowska
Mierzwowa
Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska
Dziedziczka Lachowiczowa
Bogusław Sochnacki
Mazurek
Grzegorz Heromiński
Wladzio Rzepecki
Feliks Szajnert
Antoni Andrzejewski
Katarzyna Łaniewska
Mazurkowa
Irena Burawska
Kusidelka
Henryk Niebudek
Kapitan
Andrzej Jurczak
Mierzwa
Krystyna Feldman
Matka Gorzelaka
Joanna Jankowska-Hussakowska
Hanka
Jan Jankowski
Jurek Szewczyk, Mateusz's son
Lech Gwit
Geometra Franus
Dariusz Siatkowski
Tadek Mazurek
Mirosława Marcheluk
Andrzejewska
Tadeusz Falana
Pomocnik Geometry
Ryszard Mróz
Soltys
