Der Priestermord (1988)
41KDer Priestermord: Directed by Agnieszka Holland. With Christopher Lambert, Ed Harris, Joss Ackland, Tim Roth. A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.
“it is like a large plate with many dishes. a part can be tasty. but a little part. one of them – the idea to do a film about Jerzy Popieluszko. the second – the performance of Ed Harris. the not inspired part remains the option for Christopher Lambert as legendary priest. he is perfect for a precise sort of characters. this role is out of his circle. the other sin – the desire to present too much, too large. the hero is a symbol and a vulnerable man in a not convincing mixture. the fundamental virtue, more important than errors is the courage to present a slice of resistance from the Communist space. this is the basic role of this film – to say a powerful, touching story about the fight against sick political system. sure, Poland was a special case. but more than a case it was a model for many people from Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria or Yugoslavia. after so many years, it remains a warning and a kind of boomerang. a testimony and picture of evil front to moral victory of sacrifice.”
