Oddysey. A Story for Hollywood
Text author:
Piotr Gruszczyński Krzysztof Warlikowski
script based on: "The Odyssey by" Homer and "The King of Hearts is off Again", "Tales for Hollywood" by Hanna Krall
Adam Radecki
co-author
Szczepan Orłowski, Jacek Poniedziałek
cooperation
Duration:
240’ (1 intermission)

In his latest production, Krzysztof Warlikowski combines Homer's “Odyssey” with two works by Hanna Krall: “The King of Hearts is off Again” and “A Tale for Hollywood”. The journey of the mythical hero leads to the world of Isolde, a Jewish woman who, during the war, performed extraordinary deeds to save her husband. The set of the American film overlaps with all of this as Elizabeth Taylor is to play the role of Isolde. Warlikowski collides mythical and historical heroes, and revives the dispute between Martin Heidegger and Hannah Arendt. All this in a staging full of splendour and yet, surprisingly for his latest works, austere, devoid of everything that is unnecessary in the story.

Section Biała strzałka w prawo
Purgatorio
Premiered on 4 June 2021
Claude Bardouil
artistic collaboration
Piotr Gruszczyński
dramaturgy
Anna Lewandowska
dramaturgical cooperation
Paweł Mykietyn
music
Felice Ross
lighting design
Kamil Polak
videos and animations
Paweł Edelman
picture for the "Interrogation" scene
Monika Kaleta
make up and hair
Cast:
Claude Bardouil/Tomasz Wygoda
Mariusz Bonaszewski
Stanisław Brudny
Agata Buzek
Magdalena Cielecka
Andrzej Chyra
Ewa Dałkowska
Bartosz Gelner
Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik
Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak
Wojciech Kalarus
Marek Kalita/Rafał Maćkowiak
Zygmunt Malanowicz
Hiroaki Murakami
Maja Ostaszewska
Jaśmina Polak
Piotr Polak
Jacek Poniedziałek
With a special participation in the film material: Maja Komorowska i Krystyna Zachwatowicz-Wajda