The Splendid March
Poland1970animated18'Retrospektywa Witolda Giersza (2017)
Based on John Raymond’s novel under the same title, this humorous film set in the Napoleonic times is a story of Jean-François, a few-year old drummer boy and soldier of the great French army marching to Moscow, who, following the order of the Little Emperor is walking “Forward, all the time forward!”. In order to reach his destination he has to follow his shadow all the time. Bronze Goats in Poznań (1971).
- directed by
- Witold Giersz
He was born in 1927. He is a visual artist, screenwriter and director of animated films who graduated from the Film Directing Faculty of the Film School in Łódź. Using various animation techniques he has made about sixty films, which include: Little Western, Red and Black and The Horse. In recognition of his work he has received over eighty awards at the festivals in Cannes, Cork, Edinburgh, Oberhausen and Krakow to name just a few.
- cinematography
- Maria Niedźwiecka
- script
- Joanna Prosińska, Witold Giersz
- music
- Kazimierz Serocki
- production
- (Studio Miniatur Filmowych)
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