The Deluge
Potop
Poland, Soviet Union
1974
315 Min
Color
2.20:1
Polish
Synopsis
The Deluge is the English title of the Polish film Potop, a historical drama directed by Jerzy Hoffman, released in 1974. The film is based on a novel by the Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz. It was nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar in 1974.
The film is set in the 17th century during the Swedish invasion of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, known as The Deluge, which was eventually repulsed. However, a quarter of the country’s population died through war and plague, and its economy was greatly damaged. —Wikipedia
Director
Jerzy Hoffman
Born: 1932, Krakow. Director and screenwriter. Studied film directing at the State Film Institute in Moscow, received the diploma in 1955. Between 1954 and 1965 he worked in a team with Edward Skorzewski. They co-directed 27 documentaries and 3 features: The Gangsters and the Philanthropists,1962 (Gangsterzy i filantropi), The Law and the Fist, 1964 (Prawo i piesc) and Three Steps on the Earth, 1965 (Trzy kroki po ziemi). 1966 was the year of Jerzy Hoffman’s first independent project. After the successful adaptation of the last part of Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Trilogy, Pan Wolodyjowski (1968), he made its prequel, The Deluge, which was nominated for the 1974 Academy Award for Best Foreign Picture. In the late 1990s Jerzy Hoffman made his greatest dream come true: he filmed With Fire and Sword (1999), thus making the Sienkiewicz Trilogy complete. The movie proved to be the biggest box office success in the last 20 years of the Polish film history. —rochester.edu
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