KOS

Historical cinema is long-winded and dull? Not when Paweł Maślona gathers a star-studded cast for a work depicting the period preceding the Kościuszko uprising. When "Kos" returns to Poland, he does not come back alone; instead, he has former slave Domingo in tow. Together, they plan to convince the estates of the need for a joint uprising against the occupier. The cunning Russian cavalry captain Dunin is on his heels however and intends to neutralise him.

In einer geschickt montierten Mischung aus Verfolgungsjagd, Intrige, Versteckspiel und Säbelgeklirr betreibt Maślona keinen Heldenkult, sondern nutzt die Geschichte als Ausgangspunkt für eine augenzwinkernde Leinwand-Spinnerei á la Tarantino. Der Publikumserfolg taugt zwar nicht für den Schulunterricht, bietet aber beste Unterhaltung und sahnte 2024 den Hauptpreis beim Filmfestival in Gdynia ab.

In a cleverly edited blend of chase, intrigue, hide-and-seek and sabre-rattling, Maślona does not engage in hero worship, instead using the story as a starting point for a tongue-in-cheek Tarantino-style screen patchwork. Popular success might not provide the material for a school curriculum, it does however offer the best entertainment, this year scooping the main prize at the Gdynia Film Festival.

Text: Rainer Mende

Presented by the Film-, Theater- und Drehbuchfestival Kozzi Pszoniak Stuhr Zielona Góra.

06.11.2024 | 21:30 | Stadthalle (original version with english subtitles + simultaneous translation into German)