Film unfolds in five sequences, each depicting a facet of Barbórka celebrations—from the miners’ orchestra wake-up call and the medal-awarding academy through evening feasting and dancing. Folk traditions mingle with party-state rituals as speeches for the PZPR Congress intercut candlelit toasts. In the opening mining-orchestra segment, dynamic editing syncs shot length to the music’s tempo, while grotesque staging casts engineers as conductors and workers’ movements as instrumental solos.
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Zbigniew Rybczyński Director
First release June 30, 1975 · Produced in Poland · Original title Święto
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Poland
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Original title
Święto
Original language
Polish
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No dialogue
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Poland · June 30, 1975
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