Holiday (1975)

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.

Released

1975-06-30

Genres

Animation

Runtime

10 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Zbigniew Rybczyński

TMDB rating

5.3/10 from 6 votes