Camera Buff

Camera Buff (1979)

Amator

Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.

Date of release
1979-11-16
TMDB
7.6 / 10 (201)
Runtime
1h 52m
Genres
Drama
Director
Krzysztof Kieślowski

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Kraków

Camera Buff is a 1979 Polish comedy-drama film written and directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and starring Jerzy Stuhr. The film is about a humble factory worker whose newfound hobby, amateur film, becomes an obsession, and transforms his modest and formerly contented life. Camera Buff won the Polish Film Festival Golden Lion Award and the FIPRESCI Prize and Golden Prize at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival, and the Berlin International Film Festival Otto Dibelius Film Award in 1980.

Production

Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych, Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland (studio)

"Walc e-moll" (Frédéric Chopin) by Krystian Zimmermann

"Staropolskim obyczajem" (J. Odrowaz, A. Skorupka, W. Kruszynski) by Zofia & Zbigniew Framer

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