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.

Currently Camera Buff is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
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

Halina Nawrocka
Editor

Barbara Kociuba
Set Decoration

Gabriela Star-Tyszkiewicz
Costume Design

Jacek Petrycki
Director of Photography

Krzysztof Knittel
Original Music Composer / Conductor

Andrzej Rafał Waltenberger
Production Design

Zdzislawa Namyslaw
Makeup Artist

Michal Maryniarczyk
Assistant Director

Michał Żarnecki
Assistant Director / Music Arranger / Sound Designer

Zygmunt Nowak
Sound Effects

P. Klara
Production Consultant

Teresa Miziolek
Assistant Editor

Janina Wierzbicka
Costume Assistant

Miroslaw Dobek
Sound Assistant

Marian Redlich
Sound Assistant

Barbara Szeja
Assistant Production Manager

Mirosław Karczmarek
Assistant Production Manager

Wielislawa Piotrowska
Production Manager

J. Kolat
Production Consultant

Marek Wojtaszewski
Sound Assistant

Władysław Żak
Assistant Production Manager

Andrzej Lipowicz
Assistant Production Manager / Unit Manager

Małgorzata Wichlińska
Script Supervisor

Franciszek Dzida
Production Consultant

Józef Grzeszczak
Stunts

Jerzy Rogowski
Stunts

Borzysława Chomnicka
Assistant Production Design

Stanislaw Szablowski
Assistant Camera

Włodzimierz Krupa
Assistant Camera

Krzysztof Buchowicz
Assistant Camera

Krzysztof Jachowicz
Assistant Camera

Andrzej Archacki
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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