‘On the Banks of the Niemen’ : Polish Films in Howick

When:
July 22, 2018 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
2018-07-22T14:00:00-07:00
2018-07-22T17:00:00-07:00
Where:
Polish Heritage Trust Museum
125 Elliot St
Howick, Auckland 2014
New Zealand
Cost:
Entry by donation Suggest $10-$5
Contact:
Museum Staff
09 533 3530

‘On the Banks of Niemen / Nad Niemnem’ dir. Zbigniew Kuzminski (1986).

Justyna Orzelska and Jan Bohatyrowicz fall in love, but can’t be together as one comes from nobility and the other is a commoner. A battle between love and social status brews in this sweeping historical drama set in 1863, during the Polish insurgence against Russian control. Will their love survive, or will society rip them apart?

This film is based on the Polish novel ‘Nad Niemnem’ by Eliza Orzeszkowa, who was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize. Orzeszkowa wrote to preserve Polish culture and heritage for generations of her contemporaries, who had only known life under foreign occupation for 123 years. Her patriotic writings, imbued with love of Poland, its people and land, as well as its traditions resonated just as deeply with immigrants in America as it did for the Poles living in Poland under foreign rule.

Subtitles. 2-5pm. (160 min)

Museum entry by donation. Polish Museum, 125 Elliot St, Howick. Ph 533 3530