Somnambulists

Somnambulists

1958 · 9 min · ★ 4.3 · Animation

In 1958, graduates of the Film School in Łódź – director Mieczysław Waśkowski and camera operator Adam Nurzyński – produced in cooperation with Tadeusz Kantor the short film Somnambulists. The colourful, painting-like moving image was an attempt at transferring the informel onto film stock.

Directed by Mieczysław Waśkowski

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