When Angels Fall
When Angels Fall, or Gdy spadają anioły, is a short film written and directed by Roman Polański in 1959. The idea for the film was taken from a short story "Klozet Babcia" (aka "Toilet Granny"), written by Leszek Szymański and published in the weekly "Kierunki" in Warsaw, Poland. The film was Polanski's first produced in color.
| When Angels Fall (Gdy spadają anioly) | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Roman Polański |
| Written by | Roman Polański |
| Starring | Barbara Lass Roman Polański Henryk Kluba Andrzej Kondratiuk |
| Cinematography | Henryk Kucharski |
| Music by | Krzysztof Komeda |
Running time | 21 minutes |
The film, told mostly in flashback, portrays a washroom attendant who reminisces about her former life while daydreaming at her dreary job.
(Note:The Polanski film is unrelated to the 1985 stage play When Angels Fall by Michael Jones and Linda Renye.)
References
- Stafford, Jeff. "Special Event: Roman Polanski Shorts". Behind the Camera: The Short Circuit. Turner Classic Movies website. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
Further reading
- Leaming, Barbara (1981). Polanski, The Filmmaker as Voyeur: A Biography. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-24985-1.
- Parker, John (1994). Polanski. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. ISBN 0-575-05615-0.
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