Earth is under occupation by alien invaders. The media, performing 24-hour propaganda, impose the standards and set the chilling tone: “it is us who create reality.” However, a popular TV presenter refuses to turn into a feckless puppet, making an audacious call for resistance against the oppressors. Based on the titular legendary H.G. Wells novel, this prescient sci-fi allegory on freethinking subjugation and media manipulation was released just as Poland was plunged into the darkness of martial law.
The War of the Worlds: Next Century
Wojna światów – następne stulecie
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- Direction: Piotr Szulkin
- Script: Piotr Szulkin
- Cinematography: Zygmunt Samosiuk
- Editing: Elżbieta Kurkowska
- Sound: Nikodem Wolk-Laniewski
- Music: Jerzy Maksymiuk, Józef Skrzek
- Actors: Roman Wilhelmi, Krystyna Janda, Mariusz Dmochowski, Jerzy Stuhr, Marek Walczewski
- Production: Perspektywa Film Studio
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Poland
- Production Year: 1981
- Duration: 98'
- Contact: Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych
- Awards/Distinctions: Best Film – International Fantasy Films Festival, Porto 1982 Special Award – International Fantasy Films Festival Avoriaz 1982 Grand Prix, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Actor Awards – Madrid International Fantasy Films Festival 1982
Piotr Szulkin
Piotr Szulkin was a Polish director, screenwriter, and actor, born in Gdansk. Szulkin studied Directing at the prestigious National Film School in Łódź, where he became a professor after his directorial retirement. He directed more than 30 films, both Polish and international. He was recipient of the Best Science Fiction Film Director at the 1984 Eurocon.
Filmography
1980 Golem
1981 The War of the Worlds: Next Century | Wojna światów – Następne stulecie
1985 O-bi, O-ba, the End of Civilization | O-Bi, O-Ba. Koniec cywilizacj
2003 King Ubu | Ubu króli
