Poland 2011
Colour 100 min

This film is dedicated to the workers' strikes that swept over Polish
coastal cities in December of 1970, only to be brutally crushed by communist
authorities. Czarny czwartek (Black Thursday) focuses on the story of the
family of Gdynia shipyard worker Brunon Drywa, who was shot dead during riots
at a train station in Gdynia on December 17, 1970.

Awards
Montreal International Film Festival 2011
FIPRESCI Award
36 Polish Film Festival, Gdynia 2011
Special Jury Prize

Antoni Krauze
Born 1940 in Warsaw.
Graduate of the Directing Department at the Łódź Film School. Studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts and co-operated with the Student Satirist Theatre (STS). Creator of multiple short films, produced by the WFO film studio in Łódź.

Selected Filmography
2011 Black Thursday / Czarny czwartek. Janek Wiśniewski padł
1988 A Little Girl from the Hotel Excelsior / Dziewczynka z Hotelu Excelsior
1982 The Weather Forecast / Prognoza pogody
1980 Party by Candlelight / Party przy świecach
1979 A Trip to Arabia / Podróż do Arabii
1975 Fear / Strach
1972 The Finger of God / Palec Boży