{"id":124,"date":"2020-03-03T17:28:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T16:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edukacjaspojrzenia.pl\/?p=124"},"modified":"2024-01-01T19:11:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T18:11:35","slug":"the-deluge-potop-an-analysis-of-the-duel-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edukacjaspojrzenia.pl\/index.php\/2020\/03\/03\/the-deluge-potop-an-analysis-of-the-duel-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"The Deluge (Potop). An Analysis of the Duel Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wR4y9O90C8g\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Seweryn Ku\u015bmierczyk<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b><i>The Deluge (Potop). <\/i>An Analysis of the Duel Scene<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Potop (The Deluge) <\/i>was directed by Jerzy Hoffmann and Jerzy W\u00f3jcik is the author of cinematography. For this analysis, we will focus on the scene in which Colonel Wo\u0142odyjowski fights Kmicic in a pouring rain. In Henryk Sienkiewicz\u2019s novel, this scene takes place at night and torches are used to light the area. According to Jerzy Hoffmann and Jerzy W\u00f3jcik, it was the most difficult scene to film in the entire movie and it took nearly two weeks to finish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Several dozen people were thoroughly wet every day. There were duplicate costumes and even drying rooms were built.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>A few firefighting units and an enormous amount of water was necessary to create a water suspension to cover this large area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>In 1975, <i>Potop <\/i>was nominated for an Academy Award. Its artistry is founded, among other things, on tying the action with subsequent seasons. The presence of the four elements \u2013 earth, water, air, and fire \u2013 is also very significant. Fire is especially prominent in the scene in which Kmicic burns the village of Wo\u0142montowicze. The presence of water is exceptionally important in the duel scene. The elements have symbolic meanings and they bring the cinematographic image closer to the viewers experience. The way in which Jerzy W\u00f3jcik presented the forces of nature makes <i>Potop <\/i>as outstanding as those international masterpieces in which the imagery of the four elements plays a major role. Akira Kurosawa\u2019s films are examples of such works.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Wo\u0142odyjowski carries a light sabre \u2013 the same one that was used by Tadeusz \u0141omnicki when he played Colonel Wo\u0142odyjowski in the <i>Pan Wo\u0142odyjowski (Colonel Wolodyjowski) <\/i>movie. Kmicic is armed with a heavy karabela that has been recreated in accordance with historical designs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>The two actors, Tadeusz \u0141omnicki and Daniel Olbrychski, had to learn how to fight while keeping their wrists immobile. They had fencing experts to guide them in their training. The slightest change in the position of their wrists would give several dozen centimetres of difference in the position of the sabres point. Every mistake could potentially lead to very serious danger. Tadeusz \u0141omnicki mentioned that at one point during the duel he barely managed to avoid being hit by Olbrychski\u2019s karabela.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>The shoes that the actors are wearing in this scene had special studs added \u2013 just like the ones used in football boots \u2013 to add some grip and make it possible for the men to maintain balance on the slippery surface. Why was the scene filmed this way? Why was it raining? Jerzy W\u00f3jcik answers these questions in his book, <i>Labirynt \u015bwiat\u0142a<\/i>. He says that a great conflict takes place there \u2013 one that shows what people can do to one another. The steadiness and imminence of nature encompasses it all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>It keeps raining. The protagonists do not pay attention to this, aside from a single sentence said by Kmicic. In the film, the rain is the equivalent of the dramatic situation shown in the duel scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>A duel &#8211; Jerzy W\u00f3jcik says &#8211; is not a sequence of moves used in fencing. It is a conflict between two people. Someone is terrified or wants to win. They suffer from an internal conflict, in which their passions are involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>In this scene, the rain helps to uncover a person\u2019s inner world for the purpose of a cinematic image. It is, in fact, a character in the story.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edukacjaspojrzenia.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Deluge-Potop.-An-Analysis-of-the-Duel-Scene.pdf\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-228\">The Deluge (Potop). An Analysis of the Duel Scene<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seweryn Ku\u015bmierczyk The Deluge (Potop). An Analysis of the Duel Scene Potop (The Deluge) was directed by Jerzy Hoffmann and Jerzy W\u00f3jcik is the author of cinematography. For this analysis, we will focus on the scene in which Colonel Wo\u0142odyjowski fights Kmicic in a pouring rain. 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