Cold War
This sweeping, delirious romance by Paweł Pawlikowski begins in the Polish countryside, where Wiktor (Tomasz Kot), a musician on a state-sponsored mission to collect folk songs, discovers a captivating young singer named Zula (Joanna Kulig, in a performance for the ages). Over the next fifteen years, their turbulent relationship will play out in stolen moments between the jazz clubs of decadent bohemian Paris, to which he escapes, and the corrupt, repressive Communist Bloc, where she remains—universes bridged by their passion for music and for each other. Photographed in luscious monochrome and suffused with the melancholy of the simple folk song that provides a motif for the couple’s fateful affair, Pawlikowski’s timeless story—inspired by that of his own parents—is a heart-stoppingly grand vision of star-crossed love caught up in the tide of history.
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New 4K digital master, supervised by director Paweł Pawlikowski and director of photography Łukasz Żal, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New conversation between Pawlikowski and filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu
- Press conference from the 2018 Cannes Film Festival featuring Pawlikowski and Żal; actors Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, and Borys Szyc; and producer Ewa Puszczyńska
- Two 2018 programs on the making of the film, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Pawlikowski and others
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Stephanie Zacharek
New cover by Katya Mezhibovskaya
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New 4K digital master, supervised by director Paweł Pawlikowski and director of photography Łukasz Żal, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New conversation between Pawlikowski and filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu
- Press conference from the 2018 Cannes Film Festival featuring Pawlikowski and Żal; actors Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, and Borys Szyc; and producer Ewa Puszczyńska
- Two 2018 programs on the making of the film, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Pawlikowski and others
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Stephanie Zacharek
New cover by Katya Mezhibovskaya
Cast
- Joanna Kulig
- Zula
- Tomasz Kot
- Wiktor
- Borys Szyc
- Kaczmarek
- Agata Kulesza
- Irena
- Cédric Kahn
- Michel
- Jeanne Balibar
- Juliette
Credits
- Director
- Paweł Pawlikowski
- Story and Image
- Paweł Pawlikowski
- Producer
- Tanya Seghatchian
- Producer
- Ewa Puszczyńska
- Coproducer
- Piotr Dzięcioł
- Coproducer
- Małgorzata Bela
- Executive producer
- Nathanaël Karmitz
- Executive producer
- Lizzie Francke
- Executive producer
- Rohit Khattar
- Executive producer
- John Woodward
- Executive producer
- Jeremy Gawade
- Executive producer
- Daniel Battsek
- Line producer
- Magdalena Malisz
- Screenplay
- Paweł Pawlikowski
- Screenplay
- Janusz Głowacki
- With the collaboration of
- Piotr Borkowski
- Cinematography
- Łukasz Żal
- Production design
- Katarzyna Sobańska
- Production design
- Marcel Sławiński
- Editing
- Jarosław Kamiński
- Sound
- Maciej Pawłowski
- Sound
- Mirosław Makowski
- Casting
- Magdalena Szwarcbart
- Costumes
- Aleksandra Staszko
- Hair and Makeup
- Waldemar Pokromski
Trailer for Cold War
