Hydrozagadka

Hydrozagadka (Polish: Hydro-puzzle) is a Polish superhero comedy film. During a summer heat wave, all the water in Warsaw is puzzlingly disappearing. Scientists secretly call upon As (Ace), a superhero who passes his days living as a mild-mannered engineer, to try to solve the mystery. It turns out that a mysterious Maharaja is in league with Doctor Spot to steal Poland's water and take it to the Maharaja's country.

Hydrozagadka
Directed byAndrzej Kondratiuk
Written byAndrzej Bonarski
Andrzej Kondratiuk
Produced byJerzy Rutowicz
StarringJózef Nowak
Wiesław Michnikowski
Roman Kłosowski
Zdzisław Maklakiewicz
Franciszek Pieczka
CinematographyZygmunt Samosiuk
Music byWaldemar Kazanecki
Release date
30 April 1971
Running time
70 minutes
LanguagePolish
Quotation from film 'Hydrozagadka' advertising XXXIV Polish Film Festival in Gdynia 2009

The movie was ostensibly created as a Communist parody of the American ideals glorified in Superman and other superhero films, however Polish audiences instead felt that the film humorously parodied aspects of Polish life under Communist rule, such as the many slogans for a "better life."[1]

Hydrozagadka premiered on 30 April 1971 on Polish television.[2]

Cast

Crew
  • Director - Andrzej Kondratiuk
  • Writing credits - Andrzej Kondratiuk, Andrzej Bonarski
  • Cinematography - Zygmunt Samosiuk
  • Music - Waldemar Kazanecki
  • Scenography - Jarosław Świtoniak
  • Filmsetting - Jadwiga Zajicek
  • Costumes - Joanna Radzka, Alicja Ptaszyńska
  • Executive producer - Jerzy Rutowicz

References
  1. "Rozmowa umila pracę, porozmawiam z panem" ("Conversation makes work more pleasant, so I will talk to you, sir") Hydrozagadka Archived 2010-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Filmweb.pl (Polish). Retrieved November 26, 2009.
  2. Hydrozagadka FilmPolski.pl (Polish). Retrieved November 26, 2009.


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