Golem Blu-Ray (UK Import)

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Golem Blu-Ray (UK Import)
Second Run

Original title: Golem

Year: 1980
Country: Poland
Region code: A/B/C
Contents: Blu-ray
EAN: 5060114152090

Image: 1.66:1 (1080p)

HDR: -

Audio: Polish - 2.0 Dual-Mono LPCM (16-bit)

Subtitles: English

Rating: 15

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Marek Walczewski, Krystyna Janda, Joanna Zólkowska, Anna Jaraczówna, Mariusz Dmochowski, Wieslaw Drzewicz

Director: Piotr Szulkin


Synopsis:

In a dark dystopian future, a solitary worker suffers a breakdown after being interrogated about crimes he has no collection of committing. Is he a real human, or a clone created by scientists in an attempt to engineer a new, more submissive race of humans?

A dark satire of the Polish People's Republic in the late 1970s, Piotr Szulkin's Kafkaesque science-fiction allegory is a precursor to Blade Runner, and evokes the troubling apocalyptic landscape of Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker. Its depiction of irresponsible science, fake news and unfettered AI now make it all the more prescient.

Extras:

• Presented from the 2K restoration of the film supervised by its late director Piotr Szulkin and sound engineer Nikodem Wolk-Laniewski.
• All-new audio commentary by Michael Brooke.
• Four of Piotr Szulkin's early short films, remastered in HD and presented for the first time anywhere on Blu-Ray:
• One, Two Three (Razdwa, trzy, 1972)
• Everything (Wszystko, 1972)
• A Sketch in Six Parts (Szkic do szesciu czesci, 1973)
• Copyright Film Polski MCMLXXVI (1976) - plus annotated script and storyboard gallery.
• 20-page booklet featuring essays by Tomasz Kolankiewicz and Michal Olesxczyk.