The Intellectual

Poland1969animated8'Retrospektywa Witolda Giersza (2017)

Painted with a spatula in the poetics of cave paintings (with the addition of, among others, the Vitruvian Man promoted by Leonardo da Vinci) this perverse film focuses on competition, just like Ladies and Gentlemen, an amusing story made five years earlier. This time the muscles and the brain compete for the affection of a nubile woman. Worth a laugh as well as a reflection. Festival awards in Paris and Vienna.

directed by
Witold Giersz, portret reżysera
Witold Giersz

He was born in 1927. He is a visual artist, screenwriter and director of animated films who graduated from the Film Directing Faculty of the Film School in Łódź. Using various animation techniques he has made about sixty films, which include: Little Western, Red and Black and The Horse. In recognition of his work he has received over eighty awards at the festivals in Cannes, Cork, Edinburgh, Oberhausen and Krakow to name just a few.

cinematography
Jan Tkaczyk
script
Witold Giersz
music
Waldemar Kazanecki
sound
Jan Radlicz
production
(Studio Miniatur Filmowych)
Photo
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