The Peasants

In a bucolic Polish hamlet the tense relationship between a father and son reaches a boiling point when the men lose their hearts to the same woman and vie for her affections Based on Wladyslaw Reymonts Nobel Prizewinning book and helmed by Jan Rybkowski this theatrical release starring Krzystof Chamiec Wladyslaw Hancza and Emilia Krakowska was culled from a 13episode miniseries that aired on Polish television in 1972