Holiday (1975)

Film unfolds in five sequences, each depicting a facet of Barbórka celebrations—from the miners’ orchestra wake-up call and the medal-awarding academy through evening feasting and dancing. Folk traditions mingle with party-state rituals as speeches for the PZPR Congress intercut candlelit toasts. In the opening mining-orchestra segment, dynamic editing syncs shot length to the music’s tempo, while grotesque staging casts engineers as conductors and workers’ movements as instrumental solos.

• Release Date: 1975-06-30
• Runtime: 0h 10min
• Production Company: Se-Ma-For
• Production Country: Poland
• Director: Zbigniew Rybczyński