THE PAUPER AND THE MADAME

NĘDZARZ I MADAME

TVP - TELEWIZJA POLSKA S.A. - as SALES All rights, World / DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, World / BROAD

Historical - Completed 2021

The film depicts the unique fate of Adam Chmielowski, an artist-painter who, in search of freedom and happiness, sacrifices everything.

    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Historical, Drama
    • Countries
    • POLAND
    • Duration
    • 113 mn
    • Synopsis
    • The film "The Pauper and the Madame" depicts the unique fate of Adam Chmielowski, an artist-painter who, in search of freedom and happiness, sacrifices everything.

      His rebellious nature and conflict with evil make him not only escape from the tsarist captivity hidden in a coffin, but in the moments of greatest fame, he abandons the world of art to "die for the world" and devote himself to serving people. His tragic fate is completed by a spiritual breakdown, expulsion from the Jesuit order, and confinement in a mental institution. Soon, however, he rises like a phoenix from the ashes and then, mad with love for others, he returns in great style as Brother Albert - the future saint.

      The epic story is completed by his friends - Helena Modrzejewska and Józef Chełmoński, the most famous artists of their epoch, but each in their own tragic way, will come to realize that the most beautiful art is the art of a beautiful life.