Figure 1.--A HBC reader reports that the Polish film "Zmory" is a first rate film in all respects. The film showcases a wide variety of boys' fashions. The setting appears to be about 1900. |
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A HBC reader has provided some images from Zmory (1979). The story line seems to revolve around the young lad and his care through to late teens.The period is hard to pin down -I reckon about 1910 as there is no suggestion of war or motor cars and in one picture the womans dress seems about right for the time. He has provided several images which provide costume detail. There were few full-length figure shots mostly head and shoulders and scenic but it is a first rate film in all respects. One tiny detail he thought interesting in one close up portrait of the very smart boy is the hair clip. The film shows a wide ramge of Polish boys clothes. Some are similar to what boys might wear in England and America. Some styles are quite different.
HBC knows nothing about Zmory other than than it means "Dreaming" and was made in 1979. I believe that the director was Wojciech Marczewski. A reader tells us, "Reading up on this film, 'Zmory' is also known as 'Nightmare'. The boy has a lot of bad dreams. Could be that 'Nightmare' is a better description than 'Dreaming".
The cast was Pitor Lysak, Tomasz Hudziec, Bronislaw Pawlik, Teresa Marczewska, Hanna Skarzanka, Maria Chwalibog, Janusz Michalowski, Wiktor Sadecki, and Stanislaw Igar.
The story line seems to revolve around the young lad and his care through to late teens.
The period is hard to pin down. A HBC reader reckons about 1910 as there is no suggestion of war or motor cars and in one picture the womans dress seems about right for the time. HBC would guess a little eralier, about 1900, primarily because several of the boys wear higly ruffled blouses.
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Surely the film is set in Poland, but I am not sure where.
A HBC reader has provided several images which provide costume detail. There were few full-length figure shots mostly head and shoulders and scenic but it is a first rate film in all respects. The film shows a wide ramge of Polish boys clothes. Some are similar to what boys might wear in England and America. Some styles are quite different. Several boys wear ruffled bluses. The boys wear bith kneepants and knickers. One knickers suitvwith a bold pattern has elaborate piping. The boy ears it with white sockings and strapmshoes. One tiny detail he thought interesting in one close up portrait of the very smart boy is the hair clip.
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