When Angels Fall
Film
| 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 |
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.
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.
External links
- When Angels Fall at IMDb
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- A Toothy Smile (1957)
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- "Cinema Erotique" in To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
- A Therapy (2012)
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- Morgane Polanski (daughter)
- Roman Polanski sexual abuse case
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- Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
- Polanski Unauthorized
- Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
- The Girl: A Life in the Shadow of Roman Polanski
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