The Wedding

Running 1h 42m and made in Poland, The Wedding (1973) is a Drama and Fantasy film in the 123movies catalog. The cast includes Marek Walczewski and Izabela Olszewska; Andrzej Wajda directs. 27 votes put it at 7.3/10. Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past.