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SUMMARY:🎬 The Devil / Diabel (1972)
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DESCRIPTION:Andrzej Żuławski | 1972 | Poland | 125’ | EN subtitles\n\nThe m
	ost dangerous form of depravity is when one stops to protest. The highest\
	nform is passive allowance.\n\nThrough the lens of on of the most controve
	rsial and esoteric Polish filmmakers\,\nAndrzej Żuławski\, The Devil was b
	orn as an allegory of the contemporary\npolitical situation in Poland. Onc
	e finalised\, it was censored for 16 years by\nthe Polish government. It i
	s considered one of the preeminent artistic portraits\nof the Republic's d
	ownfall and the nation's spiritual crisis.\n\nThe Devil is a hedonistic ph
	ilosophical treatise about the condition of a\nsociety martyred in a roman
	tic hysterical madness. As a film that embraces the\nnotion of rooted evil
	 in humans\, it was reviewed as “taboo-shattering\ndebauchery”. It follows
	 the young nobleman\, Jakub\, who is freed from captivity\nby a stranger i
	n the year of 1793 when the Prussian army starts to invade\nGreater Poland
	. In return for freedom\, the stranger demands that Jakub should\ncleanse 
	the world of evil\, which grows into a never-ending crime and lunacy.\n\nT
	o sum up\, Żuławski crafts a uniquely singular political costume drama\, w
	hile\nhis trademark\, staggering depictions of madness once again shine th
	rough\,\nmirroring the sheer intensity of critically acclaimed Possession.
	\n 
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/the-devil-diabel-1972
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LOCATION:Filmhuis Cavia - Van Hallstraat 52-1\, 1051 HH Amsterdam
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CATEGORIES:amsterdam-west,film,staatsliedenbuurt
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Andrzej Żuławski | 1972 | Poland | 
	125’ | EN subtitles</strong><br><br><strong><em>The most dangerous form of
	 depravity is when one stops to protest. The highest form is passive allow
	ance.</em></strong><br><br>Through the lens of on of the most controversia
	l and esoteric Polish filmmakers, Andrzej Żuławski, <em>The Devil</em> was
	 born as an allegory of the contemporary political situation in Poland. On
	ce finalised, it was censored for 16 years by the Polish government. It is
	 considered one of the preeminent artistic portraits of the Republic's dow
	nfall and the nation's spiritual crisis.<br><br><em>The Devil </em>is a he
	donistic philosophical treatise about the condition of a society martyred 
	in a romantic hysterical madness. As a film that embraces the notion of ro
	oted evil in humans, it was reviewed as “taboo-shattering debauchery”. It 
	follows the young nobleman, Jakub, who is freed from captivity by a strang
	er in the year of 1793 when the Prussian army starts to invade Greater Pol
	and. In return for freedom, the stranger demands that Jakub should cleanse
	 the world of evil, which grows into a never-ending crime and lunacy.<br><
	br>To sum up, Żuławski crafts a uniquely singular political costume drama,
	 while his trademark, staggering depictions of madness once again shine th
	rough, mirroring the sheer intensity of critically acclaimed <em>Possessio
	n</em>.<br>&nbsp;</p>
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