17th BIFFes 2026
Jan 29th - 06th Feb 2026
"Woman: Shared Sensibilities, A Collective Voice for Equality"
THE PROMISED LAND
ZIEMIA OBIECANA
The Promised Land follows three ambitious friends - a Pole, a German, and a Jew - who strive to build a textile factory in 19th-century Łódź. Their quest for wealth exposes the brutal realities of industrial capitalism and moral compromise.
19ನೇ ಶತಮಾನದ ಲೋಡ್ಜ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಟೆಕ್ಸ್ಟೈಲ್ ಕಾರ್ಖಾನೆ ಕಟ್ಟಲು ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಿಸುವ ಒಬ್ಬ ಪೋಲ್, ಒಬ್ಬ ಜರ್ಮನ್, ಮತ್ತೊಬ್ಬ ಯಹೂದಿ ಹೀಗೆ ಮೂವರು ಮಹತ್ವಾಕಾಂಕ್ಷೆಯ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತರ ಕಥೆಯನ್ನು ದಿ ಪ್ರಾಮಿಸ್ಡ್ ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಹೇಳುತ್ತದೆ. ಸಂಪತ್ತು ಗಳಿಸುವ ಅವರ ಹುಡುಕಾಟವು ಕೈಗಾರಿಕಾ ಬಂಡವಾಳಶಾಹಿಯ ಕ್ರೂರ ವಾಸ್ತವಗಳನ್ನು ಮತ್ತು ನೈತಿಕ ರಾಜಿಯ ಅನಿವಾರ್ಯತೆಯನ್ನು ಬಹಿರಂಗಪಡಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
Producer(s) or Production Company:
Barbara Pec-Ślesicka, Janina Krassowska
Screenplay:
Andrzej Wajda
Director of Photography:
Witold Sobociński, Edward Kłosiński, Wacław Dybowski
Editor :
Halina Prugar, Zofia Dwornik
Music :
Wojciech Kilar
Andrzej Wajda (1926–2016) was a towering Polish filmmaker and a key figure of the Polish Film School who shaped postwar European cinema. Born in Suwałki, he joined the anti-Nazi resistance as a teenager, experiences that deeply informed his work. He studied painting in Kraków and film directing in Łódź. Wajda gained international recognition with his wartime trilogy A GENERATION (1954), CANAL (1957), and ASHES AND DIAMONDS (1959). His prolific career blended history, political critique, and humanism in films such as THE BIRCH WOOD (1971), THE PROMISED LAND (1975), MAN OF MARBLE (1977), MAN OF IRON (1981), and DANTON (1982).