Akademia pana Kleksa (film)

Akademia pana Kleksa
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKrzysztof Gradowski [pl]
Written byKrzysztof Gradowski
Based onAkademia pana Kleksa
by Jan Brzechwa
Starring
Music byAndrzej Korzyński[1]
Release date
  • 1983 (1983)
Countries
  • Poland
  • Soviet Union
LanguagePolish

Akademia pana Kleksa (lit. 'Mr. Blot's Academy') is a 1983 fantasy film directed by Krzysztof Gradowski [pl].[2] An international co-production of Poland and the Soviet Union,[3] the film is based on the 1946 children's novel of the same name by Jan Brzechwa, and is divided into two parts: Przygoda księcia Mateusza (Prince Matthew's Adventure) and Tajemnica Golarza Filipa (Mystery of Philip the Barber).[4]

Akademia pana Kleksa stars Piotr Fronczewski and Sławomir Wronka [pl].[5]

Release

An estimated 14,094,014 people saw the film during its initial theatrical release.[2]

Sequels

Akademia pana Kleksa was followed by two sequels, both also directed by Gradowski: Podróże pana Kleksa (1985) and Pan Kleks w kosmosie (1988).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Mazierska, Ewa (2021). Popular Polish Electronic Music, 1970–2020: A Cultural History. Routledge. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-367-19189-4.
  2. ^ a b Haltof, Marek (2019). Historical Dictionary of Polish Cinema (Second ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-78533-972-1. LCCN 2018040179.
  3. ^ Wojnowski, Zbigniew (2017). The Near Abroad: Socialist Eastern Europe and Soviet Patriotism in Ukraine, 1956–1985. University of Toronto Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-1-4426-3107-6.
  4. ^ Sobański, Oskar (1987). Polish Feature Films: A Reference Guide 1945–1985. Locust Hill Press. ISBN 0-933951-02-7.
  5. ^ Słodowski, Jan, ed. (1997). Leksykon polskich filmów fabularnych (in Polish). Wydawn. Wiedza i Życie. p. 12. ISBN 83-7184-928-1.

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