Boza podszewka (1997)

Original title

Boża podszewka

Directed by

Izabella Cywińska

Genre

slice of life

Country

Poland

Length

1 season, 15 episodes

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Polish TV series follows the lives of petty nobility in a rural corner of the Vilnius region across several decades. It shows their daily struggles and family relationships from the early 1900s through the aftermath of World War Two.

melancholicslow-pacedintimateearthynostalgicobservationalperiod feelunderstated

What happens

Boża podszewka ("God's Lining") and Boża podszewka. Część druga ("God's Lining. Part Two") are Polish TV series based on the novel with the same title by Teresa Lubkiewicz-Urbanowicz about the life of petty szlachta in the backwaters of the Vilnius Region. The first part was aired in 15 episodes during 1997–1998 and covered the time period 1900-1945. The second part was aired in 16 episodes during 2005-2006 and covered the time period 1945-1948. It was the debut work of Izabella Cywińska as film director. When the airing started, the series caused a considerable controversy across the whole Poland among the people originating from the Kresy region, which the Vilnius Region was part of. They claimed that the series created a distorted, unflattering image of the people from the Vilnius region. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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