Walesa will be accompanied by lead actors Robert Więckiewicz and Agnieszka Grochowska.
“I am very well aware of the fact that Walesa is the most difficult topic I have ever come across in my 55-year film career. Nonetheless, no director has made a film about him that I found satisfactory, so I simply had no choice,” Wajda said.
The festival also announced the selection of the recipient of the President’s Award for contribution to Czech cinematography: the beloved writer/actor Zdeněk Svěrák. Svěrák’s film Kolya, directed by his son Jan, which he wrote and starred in, won an Oscar in 1977. His extensive credits also include the Oscar-nominated films My Sweet Little Village directed by Jiří Menzel and The Elementary School also directed by his son.
Wałęsa. Man of Hope by Andrzej WajdaPRAGUE: The Karlovy Vary IFF announced its first major guest for the 49th edition of the festival, 4-12 July 2014: Nobel Prize winner and former Polish president Lech Walesa who will introduce the world premiere of the director’s cut of Walesa: Man of Hope (Akson Studio) by Andrzej Wajda.
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