Glory of the Bull

Poland1971documentary13'Pokaz specjalny: 75 lat WFO (2024)

Award-winning film about the work of Franciszek Starowieyski, one of Poland's most outstanding artists, painter, stage designer, graphic artist and creator of the theatre of drawing. The protagonist of the film gained popularity in the 1960s as an author of theatre and film posters. Using original visual solutions and staging, Andrzej Papuziński shows the artist working on his works, depicting Franciszek Starowieyski in his studio. The title of the film refers to the pseudonym which the artist used in the face of reservations about the family spelling of his aristocratic surname.