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PL | 1995 | 98 min
reż|dir Ryszard Ber pro|pro Jerzy Fidler scen|wr  Ryszard Ber, Wiesław Myśliwski zdj|ph Ryszard Lenczewski muz|mus Marek Kuczyński mon|ed Zbigniew Niciński ob|cast  Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Bożena Adamek, Adam Ferency dys|dis TVP 

A film based on Wiesław Myśliwski’s prominent novel, the literary event of the year 1984. A dangerous accident and disability make Szymon Pietruszka revalue his life and turn to his family. After leaving the hospital, the man sets out on a journey throughout the countryside in search of his elder brother, Michał. By means of the memories of the people he meets, Szymon learns about his brother’s second side – that of a man who brilliantly climbed the social ladder and was later humiliated, brutally betrayed by an idea. “One Stone Upon Another” emphasises the individual drama of a rustic epic which presents the events of a countryside in the first half of the 20th century. It delves particularly deep into the meanders of the post-war political entanglement of the country, and the consequences connected with being engaged in building a new, socialist reality.

Ryszard Ber (1933-2004)
Director of film, television, and theatre; scriptwriter. Graduated in 1995 from the Film School (PWSTiF) in Łódź. In the years 1989-91 he was a member of the Cinema Committee. A particularly well valued and awarded part of his work were television films. Recipient of the Order of Polonia Restituta.