Innocent Sorcerers (1960)

Original title

Niewinni czarodzieje

Directed by

Andrzej Wajda

Genre

drama film, musical film, romance film

Country

Poland

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

15

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 45 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young doctor who is a womanizer meets a woman who challenges him. She pushes her way into his apartment where they spend a night playing a game of pretending not to care, but both are unable to admit their real feelings.

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What happens

Innocent Sorcerers (Polish: Niewinni czarodzieje) is a 1960 Polish psychological romantic drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda, and starring Tadeusz Łomnicki and Krystyna Stypułkowska. Its plot follows a young womanizer meeting another yet finally interesting girl, who all but forces herself into his apartment where they play the game of appearances, unable to confess their love to each other. The film was appreciated with Diploma of Merit at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1961. In Poland however, though well received by the audience, Innocent Sorcerers was met with criticism from both the then communist authorities and the Catholic Church. Nevertheless, since its release the film has garnered acclaim from film critics, similarly to its worldwide reception to date. American filmmaker Martin Scorsese recognized Innocent Sorcerers as one of the masterpieces of Polish cinema and in 2013 he selected it for screening in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom as part of the Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema festival of Polish films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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