| Format | DCP |
|---|---|
| Duration | 108 min |
| Year | 2019 |
| Original Language | Polish, Farsi, English, German |
| Subtitles | German, English, Polish, French |
| Country | Switzerland, Poland, Germany |
| ISAN | 0000-0005-07E0-0000-X-0000-0000-C |
The Naked King
A film by Andreas Hoessli
Synopsis
1979, Revolution in Iran. 1980, Revolution in Poland. The fall of the Shah, the "King of Kings" in Iran, mass strikes and the "Solidarnosc" movement in Poland. What happened in the minds of the young women and men who were involved in the revolutions at the time? What happened to them when the revolution was suppressed or - as in Iran - when a religious-authoritarian elite took power?
The director Andreas Hoessli lived in Poland as a research fellow. There he met the reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski, who reported on the revolution in Iran. Kapuscinski's notes are the starting point of the film narrative, in which the director also takes up the files of the Polish secret service about himself where he discovers that he is to be recruited as a informer under the name "Hassan" for the secret services of the Polish People's Republic.
World Sales: Antipode Sales & Distribution documentary@antipode-sales.biz
«The revolt liberates us from our own ego, from the ego of everyday life, which suddenly seems small, trivial and alien to us.»
More Infos
- Credits
With
Tadeusz Chętko
Zbigniew Siemiątkowski
Parviz Rafie
Amir Hassan Cheheltan
Negar Tahsili
Mohsen Rafiqdoost
Jacek Petrycki
Kamal Tabrizi
Masoumeh Ebtekar
Józef Pinior
Stefan Piwowar
Skript & Director
Andreas Hoessli
Montage
Lena Rem
Camera
Peter Zwierko
Sound
Hassan Shabankareh
Marcin Lenarczyk
Marcin Popławski
Zofia Moruś
Producer
Peter Zwierko
Associate Producers
Vadim Jendreyko
Hercli Bundi
Co-producers
Paweł Kosuń
Agnieszka Janowska
Jacek Nagłowski
Anna Martensen
Narrator German
Bruno Ganz
Narrator English
Sam Riley
Narrator French
Edmond Vullioud
Narrator Polish
Jerzy Radziwilowicz
Sound studio
Bewegte Bilder
Re-recording
Dominik Avenwedde
Graphic design/online/DCP
REDSPACE A.G.
Color Correction
Hannes Rüttimann
Production
Co-production
In co-production with
Telewizja Polska S.A.
Marta Dużbabel
In co-production with
ARTE G.E.I.E.
Sabine Lange
With financial support from
Bundesamt für Kultur (BAK)
Zürcher Filmstiftung
Polish Film Institute
MFG Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg
Kulturfonds Suissimage
Ernst Göhner Stiftung
UBS Kulturstiftung
Robert Bosch Stiftung / Literarisches Colloquium Berlin
Succès Passage Antenne
éducation21 / Filme für eine Welt
Participant of Eurodoc
- Technical Details
- Festivals
25. IT'S ALL TRUE Film Festival, São Paulo
September 23, 2020 - October 04, 2020
6. Iranian Film Festival, Zurich
May 31, 2020 - May 31, 2020
1979 - Revolution in Bildern, Cologne(DE)
November 28, 2019 - December 01, 2019
68. IFFMH, Mannheim & Heidelberg (DE)
November 14, 2019 - November 24, 2019
36. Kasseler Dokfest (DE)
November 12, 2019 - November 17, 2019
27. Camerimage 2019, Toruń (PL). Competition
November 09, 2019 - November 16, 2019
15. MOVE IT! filmfestival, Dresden (DE)
November 07, 2019 - November 13, 2019
34. DOK.fest, Munich (DE). World Premiere & Winner main competition "DOK.international"
May 08, 2019 - May 19, 2019
- Awards
Dok.fest München
Best Film of the Festival VIKTOR Main Competition DOK.international
