Archive of films Music Lesson / Lekcja muzyki

Poland
2006, 26 min

Section: Documentary Films - Competition
Year: 2007

The focus of the film debut by Andrzej Mańkowski is Polish pianist and teacher Tomasz Stroynowski, a man totally immersed in the world of classical music, whose melodies represent the most fundamental and most universal form of communication.

Synopsis

The focus of this film is Polish pianist and teacher Tomasz Stroynowski, who is totally immersed in the world of classical music. For him, piano melodies represent the most fundamental and most universal form of communication. The passive camera lens follows the sometimes amusing way in which he tries to pass on his experience to young musicians during their lessons. A winter concert performed in the open air sees Stroynowski and a group of colleagues braving the cold to demonstrate the power and intensity of their favourite works, leaving us in no doubt that classical music means literally everything to this pianist.

About the director

Andrzej Mańkowski (b. 1973) is a screenwriter, director and composer. He completed his studies at the Gdansk Music Academy in 1998 and, in 2002, he took a post-graduate course in screenwriting at the State Film School in Łodż. As a director he debuted with the film The Music Lesson, on which he worked with the famous Polish documentary filmmaker Jacek Blawut.

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About the film

Color, BETA SP

Section:	Documentary Films - Competition

Director:	Andrzej Mańkowski
Screenplay:	Andrzej Mańkowski
Dir. of Photography:	Henryk Nagrodzki, Andrzej Mańkowski, Jacek Dworakowski, Jacek Blawut
Editor:	Andrzej Mańkowski
Producer:	Barbara Paciorkowska
Production:	TVP SA
Contact:	TVP SA

Guests

Andrzej Mańkowski

Film Director

Barbara Paciorkowska

Institution

Aleksandra Biernacka

Publicist

Michal Wierusz-Kowalski

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