Camera Buff (1979)
1h 52m
Running Time
November 16, 1979Release Date
Plot.
Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.
Where to Watch.
SubsCurrently Camera Buff is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel
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Cast & Crew.
Jerzy Stuhr
Filip Mosz / Dialogue
Małgorzata Ząbkowska
Irka Mosz
Ewa Pokas
Anna Włodarczyk
Stefan Czyżewski
Director
Jerzy Nowak
Stanisław Osuch
Tadeusz Bradecki
Witek Jachowicz
Marek Litewka
Piotrek Krawczyk
Bogusław Sobczuk
Kędzierski
Krzysztof Zanussi
Self
Andrzej Jurga
Self
Alicja Bienicewicz
Jaśka
Tadeusz Repka
Wawrzyniec
Aleksandra Kisielewska
Hania
Włodzimierz Maciudziński
Stelmaszczyk
Roman Stankiewicz
Czesław
Antonina Barczewska
Mrs. Katarzyna
Feliks Szajnert
Medic
Jolanta Brzezińska
Wawrzyniec's Wife
Teresa Szmigielówna
Self
Jacek Turalik
Buczek
Andrzej Warchał
TV Journalist
Danuta Wiercińska
Grażyna
Tadeusz Huk
Doctor
Zofia Framer
Singer (uncredited)
Zbigniew Framer
Singer (uncredited)
Marian Osuch
Porter (uncredited)
Tadeusz Sobolewski
Self (uncredited)
Krzysztof Wierzbicki
Man at the meeting with Krzysztof Zanussi (uncredited) / Assistant Director
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Director / Screenplay / Dialogue
Andrzej Rafał Waltenberger
Production Design
Gabriela Star-Tyszkiewicz
Costume Design
Michal Maryniarczyk
Assistant Director
Jacek Petrycki
Director of Photography
Krzysztof Knittel
Original Music Composer / Conductor
Michał Żarnecki
Assistant Director / Music Arranger / Sound Designer
Halina Nawrocka
Editor
Barbara Kociuba
Set Decoration
Zdzislawa Namyslaw
Makeup Artist
Janina Wierzbicka
Costume Assistant
Miroslaw Dobek
Sound Assistant
Marian Redlich
Sound Assistant
Jerzy Rogowski
Stunts
Andrzej Lipowicz
Assistant Production Manager / Unit Manager
Małgorzata Wichlińska
Script Supervisor
Wielislawa Piotrowska
Production Manager
J. Kolat
Production Consultant
Marek Wojtaszewski
Sound Assistant
Józef Grzeszczak
Stunts
Zygmunt Nowak
Sound Effects
Władysław Żak
Assistant Production Manager
Franciszek Dzida
Production Consultant
Barbara Szeja
Assistant Production Manager
Mirosław Karczmarek
Assistant Production Manager
Teresa Miziolek
Assistant Editor
P. Klara
Production Consultant
Borzysława Chomnicka
Assistant Production Design
Stanislaw Szablowski
Assistant Camera
Andrzej Archacki
Assistant Camera
Krzysztof Buchowicz
Assistant Camera
Krzysztof Jachowicz
Assistant Camera
Włodzimierz Krupa
Assistant Camera
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 16, 1979
Original NameAmator
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
Filming LocationsKraków, Poland
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
factory worker
factory
super-8
marital problem
camera
poland
filmmaking
documentary filmmaking
communist party
thuggish boss
party politics
post-war poland
student film
film festival
new father
someone with a camera
Wiki.
Camera Buff (Polish: Amator, lit. 'Amateur') is a 1979 Polish comedy-drama film written and directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and starring Jerzy Stuhr. The film is about a humble factory worker whose newfound hobby, amateur film, becomes an obsession, and transforms his modest and formerly contented life. Camera Buff won the Polish Film Festival Golden Lion Award and the FIPRESCI Prize and Golden Prize at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival, and the Berlin International Film Festival Otto Dibelius Film Award in 1980.
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