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The Smoke

The Smoke

Director and screenwriter: Leszek Korusiewicz

Director of photography: Kacper Fertacz

Editors: Leszek Korusiewicz, Kacper Fertacz, Karol Iwan

Production managers: Piotr Tałaj, Marta Pielasz, Agata Sikora

Artistic supervisors: Filip Bajon, Magdalena Piekorz, Michał Rosa

Cast: Marcin Bosak, Maciej Marczewski, Andrzej Konopka, Andrzej Hayder

Year of production: 2007

Running time: 13'

The plot of The Smoke is based on a simple dramatic concept. Two guerrillas in Warsaw, stuck under the fire of a German sniper, desperately want to smoke. One of them suspects the other of hiding the last cigarette. The simple anecdote, set in war reality, gains deeper sense and meaning.

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Festival screenings of the film:

8th New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland (2008) - in competition

33rd Gdynia Film Festival, Poland (2008) - in competition

28th The Youth and Film - The Festival of Film Debuts in Koszalin, Poland (2009) - in competition

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