Krajobraz po bitwie (1970)

English titles: Landscape After Battle; Landscape After the Battle.

Synopsis [spoilers]: In 1945, a German concentration camp is freed by the Americans and the inmates are sent to another concentration camp. The main character is a Polish poet. He meets a Jewish woman who fled Poland; the two escape the camp for a walk in the neighboring woods, and she proposes that she and he flee to France; he declines; they walk back to the camp, but it's unsafe to enter during the day; she decides to do it anyway and is shot dead.

Appraisal: Based on Tadeusz Borowski (1922-1951)'s autobiographical short stories, this is interesting for covering a period in history about which I knew little. The film is not good, though; the camerawork consists solely of a hand-held camera which operates at close-ups most of the time, causing a sense of fatigue, dizziness and claustrophobia throughout the film; I favor a broader technique. The main performance is good, for what it's worth.

Rating: 41