ERRATA TO BIOGRAPHY | dir. Z. Kowalewski, 2008
PL | 2008 | TVP 1
script, directed by: Zbigniew Kowalewski | director of photography: Henryk Janas | editor: Sawko Wilek | voice-over: Robert Mazurkiewicz | music: Joanna Fidos | sound: Tadeusz Łaszczewski | consultation: Aleksander Madyda | producer: Robert Kaczmarek | executive producer: Film Open Group for TVP 1
Zygmunt Haupt: this overseas writer was read chiefly by American emigrants, in France, and in the UK. The excellent writing skill of a military journalist, the sharp mind of an artist painter, student of architecture and science make the film an unusual record of a world long gone. It is an homage to the unjustly forgotten author of “Pierścień z papieru,” architectural sketches, landscapes of Volhynia and Podolia, as well as the chronicler of episodes of the most recent Polish history. Works by Zygmunt Haupt evoked both the admiration of Józef Czapski and the open aversion manifested by Czesław Miłosz. A master of short form, an expert on mood and accurate commentary, Haupt made a living as a journalist for “Voice of America” and as an editor of the “Ameryka” magazine. A soldier under general Maczek, he loved horses. This motif and the most interesting stylistic tropes appear in the interpretations from philologists captivated by Haupt’s work: Aleksander Madyda and Krzysztof Rutkowski. Andrzej Stasiuk also reveals his fascination with the film’s protagonist, as well as inspiration drawn from Haupt’s writing. The excerpts of prose mentioned by the participants of the talk about Haupt are read by Wojciech Wysocki.
Source: TVP