Charm of a Harlot: “Maddalena” by Jerzy Kawalerowicz

Rafał Syska

kwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
Jagiellonian University (Poland)

Abstract

The theme of the article is the analysis of production and artistic contexts of the film Maddalena (1971) by Jerzy Kawalerowicz. This film was made as a Yugoslav-Italian co-production, and though it did not find applause among the audience and the critics, it is an interesting, though little known, project by an outstanding Polish director. Today, the fame of this production is associated more with the composition of Ennio Morricone, who composed one of his better known works for the needs of this film. Syska refers in his article to the context of making of the film, work on the set, and the concept of co-production and the reception of the film.


Keywords:

Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Ennio Morricone, co-production

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Published
2016-09-30

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Syska, R. (2016) “Charm of a Harlot: ‘Maddalena’ by Jerzy Kawalerowicz”, Kwartalnik Filmowy, (95), pp. 175–182. doi: 10.36744/kf.2175.

Authors

Rafał Syska 
kwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
Jagiellonian University Poland

Filmoznawca w Instytucie Sztuk Audio­wizualnych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Autor książek, artykułów i esejów naukowych poświęconych zjawiskom najnowszego kina i historii filmu. Dotychczas wydał m.in.: Film i przemoc (2003), Zachować dystans. Fil­mowy świat Roberta Altmana (2008), Poezja obrazu. Filmy Theo Angelopoulosa (2008), Filmowy neomodernizm (2014). Współredaktor czterotomowej Historii kina (od 2009) i redaktor kilku innych książek. Scholar visiting na Columbia University. Wykładał na Middlesex University w Londynie. Pomysłodawca i redaktor na­czelny czasopisma „EKRANy” (od 2011 r.). Kurator wy­stawy Stanley Kubrick w Muzeum Narodowym w Krakowie (2014). Od 2016 r. dyrektor Narodowego Centrum Kultury Filmowej w Łodzi.



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