作品2018

Squadron 303

303 Squadron is a 2018 biographical war film directed by Denis Delić, written by Jacek Samojłowicz, Krzysztof Burdza and Tomasz Kępski, and produced by Samojłowicz. It was produced by Film Media in Poland, and distributed by Mówi Serwis. It features the dialogue in Polish, English, German, and French. The film was based on the 1942 non-fiction book Squadron 303 by Arkady Fiedler. It depicts the history of the members of the No. 303 Squadron, a Polish air unit of the Royal Air Force, which fought in the Battle of Britain, during the Second World War. The film premiered on 31 August 2018.

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303 Squadron (Polish: Dywizjon 303. Historia prawdziwa, lit. 'No. 303 Squadron. The True Story') is a 2018 biographical war film directed by Denis Delić, written by Jacek Samojłowicz, Krzysztof Burdza and Tomasz Kępski, and produced by Samojłowicz. It was produced by Film Media in Poland, and distributed by Mówi Serwis. It features the dialogue in Polish, English, German, and French. The film was based on the 1942 non-fiction book Squadron 303 by Arkady Fiedler. It depicts the history of the members of the No. 303 Squadron, a Polish air unit of the Royal Air Force, which fought in the Battle of Britain, during the Second World War. The film premiered on 31 August 2018.

Plot

In 1940, during the Second World War, following the Invasion of Poland, and the Fall of France, the pilots of the Polish Air Force escape to the United Kingdom, where they join the Royal Air Force. They become members of newly formed No. 303 Squadron, a Polish air unit, which participates in the Battle of Britain against the German Air Force. Initially, the British officers are reluctant towards Polish pilots. However, they gradually win them over with their successes in the fight. The movie predominantly focuses the squadron commander Witold Urbanowicz, and pilot Jan Zumbach.

Cast

Piotr Adamczyk as Witold Urbanowicz
Maciej Zakościelny as Jan Zumbach
Cara Theobold as Victoria Brown
Antoni Królikowski as Witold Łokuciewski
Andrew Woodall as Thomas Jones
Anna Prus as Jagoda Kochan
Krzysztof Kwiatkowski as Mirosław Ferić
John Kay Steel as Stanley Vincent
Jan Wieczorkowski as Ludwik Witold Paszkiewicz
Marcin Kwaśny as John A. Kent
Steffen Mennekes as Hermann von Oste
Piotr Witkowski as Rudolf Knage
Kirk Barker as Athol Forbes
Maciej Cymorek as Josef František
Sławomir Mandes as Tadeusz Andruszków
Tomasz Mandes as Leopold Pamuła
Nikodem Rozbicki as Stanisław Karubin
Wacław Warchoł as Zdzisław Henneberg
Aleksander Wróbel as Jan Daszewski
Hubert Miłkowski as Kazimierz Wünsche
Maciej Marczewski as Zdzisław Krasnodębski
Robert Czebotar as engineer Kochan
Jamie Hinde as king George VI
Jacek Samojłowicz as Hermann Göring
Krzysztof Franieczek as Lützow

Production and release

The film was based on the 1942 non-fiction book Squadron 303 by Arkady Fiedler. It depicted the history of the members of the No. 303 Squadron, a Polish squadron of the Royal Air Force, which fought in the Battle of Britain, during the Second World War. The film was directed by Denis Delić, and written by Jacek Samojłowicz, Krzysztof Burdza and Tomasz Kępski, and produced by Samojłowicz. Małgorzata Czyżycka was the executive producer. The cinematography was done by Waldemar Szmidt, the sound by Bartosz Putkiewicz, the scenography by Marian Zawaliński, the costumes by Małgorzata Skorupa, and the editing by Peter Devaney Flanagan and Marcin Bastkowski.

Reception

The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics. On the Review-aggregation website Mediakrytyk.pl, 34.5% of 36 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.1/10. The reviewers generally praised the aerial combat sequences, visual presentation, and CGI and special effects, while criticising the screenplay for its dramatic structure and lack of sufficient emotional impact, and the characters whom have been seen as acting unnaturally. The film was also seen as having an overly conservative and patriotic tone, and the dialogue have been described as overly-pompous and sanitised, and the plot as simplistic and overly "safe".

The film received awards at the Fly Film Festival, NNW International Film Festival, and Polish Film Festival in America. It was also nominated to the Polish Film Award in the best sound category, for Bartosz Putkiewicz. The film was also presented with the Snake Award, an annual mocking award for worst Polish films, in the categories for Embarrassing Film About Important Topic, the Special Care Effect for the worst filmmaking mistake, the worst poster, and the worst music video for Edyta Górniak. It was also nominated for the worst director.

Controversies

During the production of 303 Squadron, another film based on the history of the No. 303 Squadron, titled Hurricane, was created in the United Kingdom by the companies Lipsync Productions, Prospect 3, and Stray Dog Films. It was produced by Krystian Kozlowski and Matthew Whyte, and directed David Blair. The premier of the British production in Poland was set on 17 August 2018, before 303 Squadron which was set to premier on 31 August 2018. This is criticised by the creators of the Polish film, with its distributor, Mówi Serwis, accusing the British production of trying to confuse audiences by releasing their film at the same time. Hurricane was distribu

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