Interrogation (Przesłuchanie) (1982)

[McCrutchy]

Second Run will release Ryszard Bugajski's Interrogation (Przesłuchanie) (1982) on 18 September 2023.

[McCrutchy]

I'm very pleased that Second Run are upgrading this title. I remember being very impressed with the film when I saw it on their DVD release several years ago.

Based on true events, and reflecting the Stalinist terror of the early 1950s, Ryszard Bugajski’s harrowing film was banned under martial law in Poland, but survived and thrived on underground VHS through a copy smuggled out by the director at great personal risk.

Tonia (Krystyna Janda - Man of Marble, Mephisto), a cabaret singer, is imprisoned without explanation. Days become months, varied only by the persuasion, intimidation and torture of relentless interrogations. Janda’s outstanding depiction of a woman who finds strength and heroism in the face of torture and internment, takes you to places few films are willing to explore.

Interrogation was finally officially released in 1990 to great international acclaim - including the 'Best Actress' Award for Krystyna Janda at the Cannes Film Festival that year.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

• Interrogation (Przesłuchanie, 1982) presented complete and uncut from an HD transfer of the new 2K restoration of the film produced by WFDiF, Poland.
• Ryszard Bugajski on ‘Interrogation’: an in-depth 2005 interview with the late director in which he discusses the film’s contextual history, its production, the controversy surrounding its release and its eventual withdrawal and banning by Polish authorities.
• 40-page booklet with writing on the film by Michael Szporer and the complete transcript of the 1982 hearing before the so-called ‘co-laudation commission’ ahead of the film’s suppression.
• New and improved English subtitle translation.
• World premiere release on Blu-ray.
• Region free Blu-ray (A/B/C)
+ MORE TBC

Technical details:

• Running time: 117 minutes
• Language: Polish
• Subtitles: English
• Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
• Colour
• Video: BD50 / 1080p / 24fps
• Region A/B/C (Region Free)

This is available to pre-order on Second Run's webshop:

https://secondrundvd.ecwid.com/#!/In...on/p/575759510

[CelestialAgent]

Vinegar Syndrome release includes new restoration and 48 minute making of

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=34803

[anephric]

I've never forgotten this film since I saw it probably over 25 years ago on C4 one late night.

It is absolutely devastating.