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The Doll

Widescreen adaptation of Bolesław Prus’s 1870s-set novel about a man who cannot escape his class straitjacket.

Drama 1968 153 mins Not rated

Director: Wojciech Jerzy Has

CC

Overview

Has’ first colour feature was this lavish adaptation of Bołeslaw Prus’s novel. Former brewery clerk Stanisław Wokulski returns to Warsaw in late 1870s, after a prolonged exile in Siberia. His highly successful business activities are primarily aimed at wooing Izabela, the daughter of a bankrupt aristocrat. But despite Stanisław’s wealth, he will always be a member of the ‘wrong’ social class.

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