The Pigs

1992 1h 44m PL

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 100

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Synopsis

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In post-communist Poland, former secret police agent Franz Maurer works as a regular cop pursuing a major drug ring. As he and his old comrades lose their privileges and face public scorn in the new reality, Franz realizes that some of his former colleagues are now on the opposite side of the law.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Bogusław Linda
Franz Maurer
Marek Kondrat
"Olo" Żwirski
Cezary Pazura
Waldemar Morawiec "Newbie"
Janusz Gajos
Major Gross
Agnieszka Jaskółka
Angela Wenz
Olaf Lubaszenko
Krzyś "Kid"
Marek Frąckowiak
SB Officer Kazek
Tadeusz Szymków
SB Officer Jerzyk

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Władysław Pasikowski
Writers: Władysław Pasikowski
Languages: English, German, Polish, Russian
Countries: Poland

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ERA

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34 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, German, Polish, Russian.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Pigs Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Władysław Pasikowski, shot by Paweł Edelman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Michał Lorenc. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Zbigniew Niciński shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Bogusław Linda and Marek Kondrat and Cezary Pazura carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0105185 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Władysław Pasikowski directs. Paweł Edelman behind the camera. Michał Lorenc scores. Zbigniew Niciński cuts. Produced in Poland. Dialogue in English, German, Polish, Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

134 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, German, Polish, Russian.
3Part of the "Pigs Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Władysław Pasikowski, shot by Paweł Edelman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Michał Lorenc. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Zbigniew Niciński shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Bogusław Linda and Marek Kondrat and Cezary Pazura carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0105185 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Paweł Edelman
Original score: Michał Lorenc
Editing: Zbigniew Niciński
Runtime: 104 min · 1h 44m
Status: Released
Original language: PL
IMDB: The Pigs (1992)

Part of

Pigs Collection

What is 'Pigs' about? 'About a dog's world, about the fact that freedom also engenders filth and stupidity while destroying ideals. Everything has been debased, sullied in mud, thrown into the cesspool,' wrote a reviewer. Such extreme critical reactions were elicited by the film's subject matter and its portrayal of the world as fundamentally castrated of positives and saturated with cynicism, moral dirt and cruelty. A world that is simultaneously hardly abstract, and in fact present in the here and now (i.e. in Poland in 1989), one that is additionally portrayed in an iconoclastic and provocative manner, derisive of all things sacred, be they related to nation or religion.