Juliusz Słowacki’s drama “Balladyna” is one of the author’s most recognizable works. The television production was directed by Wojciech Adamczyk. The play, written in 1834, arose from a fascination with Slavic culture, and its plot was inspired by Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “Macbeth.” In his interpretation, Wojciech Adamczyk eschews the ludic elements, giving the story a darker character. The conflict centers on the relationship between two strong female characters: Balladyna and Goplana. Filled with lust, crime, and blood, it’s a story that rivals the emotional depth and richness of Game of Thrones or The Witcher. The world Słowacki describes is dark and dense with passion. The exotic landscape of European pagan mythologies is combined with early Christian aesthetics. Viewers accustomed to “school-style” interpretations of the play will be surprised by the poignantly contemporary vision of human fate in an original approach.
as balladyna
as alina
as wdowa
as Goplana
as Skierka
as Chochlik
as Grabiec
as Filon
as Pustelnik
as Kirkor
as Rycerz
as Gralon
as Rycerz
as Kostryn
as Kanclerz
as Sługa
as Szlachcic
as Szlachcic
as Poseł miejski
as Lekarz
as Żołnierz
as Strażnik
as Stara kobieta
