Plot
Juliusz Słowacki’s drama “Balladyna” is one of the author’s most recognizable works. The television production was directed by Wojciech Adamczyk. The play, written in 1834, arose from a fascination with Slavic culture, and its plot was inspired by Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “Macbeth.” In his interpretation, Wojciech Adamczyk eschews the ludic elements, giving the story a darker character. The conflict centers on the relationship between two strong female characters: Balladyna and Goplana. Filled with lust, crime, and blood, it’s a story that rivals the emotional depth and richness of Game of Thrones or The Witcher. The world Słowacki describes is dark and dense with passion. The exotic landscape of European pagan mythologies is combined with early Christian aesthetics. Viewers accustomed to “school-style” interpretations of the play will be surprised by the poignantly contemporary vision of human fate in an original approach.
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Cast
Katarzyna Ucherska
balladyna
Paulina Szostak
alina
Dorota Chotecka
wdowa
Lidia Sadowa
Goplana
Sławomir Grzymkowski
Skierka
Wojciech Brzeziński
Chochlik
Grzegorz Daukszewicz
Grabiec
Kacper Matula
Filon
Stanisław Brejdygant
Pustelnik
Adrian Zaremba
Kirkor
Mateusz Weber
Rycerz
Adam Biedrzycki
Gralon
Sławomir Głazek
Rycerz
Modest Ruciński
Kostryn
Krzysztof Gosztyła
Kanclerz
Sławomir Holland
Sługa
Tomasz Zaród
Szlachcic
Witold Wieliński
Szlachcic
Dominik Bąk
Poseł miejski
Przemysław Glapiński
Lekarz
Dariusz Dobkowski
Żołnierz
Piotr Zelt
Strażnik
Iwona Rulewicz
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