The Cruise (1970 film)
| Rejs | |
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DVD cover of a recent Polish movie edition | |
| Directed by | Marek Piwowski |
| Written by | Andrzej Barszczyński Janusz Głowacki Jerzy Karaszkiewicz Marek Piwowski |
| Starring | Stanisław Tym Zdzisław Maklakiewicz Jan Himilsbach |
| Cinematography | Andrzej Barszczynski Marek Nowicki |
| Edited by | Lidia Pacewicz |
| Music by | Wojciech Kilar |
Release date |
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Running time | 65 |
| Country | Poland |
| Language | Polish |
Rejs, known in English as The Cruise (or The Trip Down the River), is a Polish comedy film released in 1970, directed by Marek Piwowski who also co-wrote the screenplay with Andrzej Barszczyński, Janusz Głowacki and Jerzy Karaszkiewicz. The score was composed by Wojciech Kilar.
Rejs is considered as a masterpiece by many and as the earliest cult film in Polish cinema. Shot in a quasi-documentary style, with a cast featuring not more than two or three professional actors, the absurd plot parodies life in the People's Republic of Poland, reducing a weekend river cruise to a hilarious parody of the entire communist system.