The Cruise (1970)

Original title

Rejs

Directed by

Marek Piwowski

Genre

comedy film

Country

Poland

Runtime

1h 05m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 83 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A river cruise becomes a series of absurd events. The passengers and crew create a parody of everyday life under communism.

absurdsatiricalunpredictableloosedeadpanwhimsicalchaoticimprovised

What happens

Rejs, known in English as The Cruise (or The Trip Down the River), is a Polish comedy film released in 1970, directed by Marek Piwowski who also co-wrote the screenplay with Andrzej Barszczyński, Janusz Głowacki and Jerzy Karaszkiewicz. The score was composed by Wojciech Kilar. Rejs is considered as a masterpiece by many and as the earliest cult film in Polish cinema. Shot in a quasi-documentary style, with a cast featuring not more than two or three professional actors, the absurd plot parodies life in the People's Republic of Poland, reducing a weekend river cruise to a hilarious parody of the entire communist system. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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