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8—15 kwietnia 2024

Warszawa

April 8—15, 2024

Warsaw

The Shop Around the Corner


“The Lubitsch Touch” in its purest form. Before Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks emailed each other in beautiful New York, James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan were writing long letters in Budapest, and the master of sophisticated comedy had captured it wonderfully. As a result, the eponymous shop around the corner, glistening in Christmas snow, appears as a mini-universe full of familiar objects, lovable characters, and affairs of the heart. Lubitsch, like no one else in Hollywood, was able to bring out the best and the most authentic out of his actors: Mr Kralik exudes Stewart’s tenderness and warmth, while Miss Novak is feisty and tenacious. The couple working in Mr Matuschek’s shop have great chemistry – and this is, after all, the key to the success of a romantic comedy. The Shop Around the Corner is one of the genre’s most delightful examples. With the screening of Lubitsch’s film, Timeless Festival celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of MGM, the studio where some of the most beautiful cinema spectacles were created.

Patrycja Mucha

Ernst Lubitsch (1892–1947) was an American director of German origin. He started out in Germany, directing Pola Negri in some of her earliest films. After moving to Hollywood in 1922, he established himself as a master of sophisticated comedy, perfecting a style that came to be known as “the Lubitsch touch”. Among his best-known films are Trouble in Paradise (1932), Ninotchka (1939) and To Be or Not to Be (1942).

New 4K restoration.

partner of the screening

DATE

April 12, 2024

TIME

12:30 PM

VENUE

Kino Muranów Gerard

COPY / OTHERS

DATE

April 14, 2024

TIME

4:00 PM

VENUE

Kino Atlantic C

COPY / OTHERS

ENGLISH TITLE

The Shop Around the Corner

ORIGINAL TITLE

The Shop Around the Corner

LANGUAGE

English

SUBTITLES

Polish, English

SECTION

DIRECTOR

DURATION

99 min

YEAR

1940

COUNTRY

SALES

Warner Bros. Discovery Poland

TRIGGER WARNING

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As close to perfection as a movie made by mortals is ever likely to be; it couldn’t be the airy wonder it was without the structure [the screenwriter Samson] Raphaelson built into it.

– Pauline Kael

This is a love story about a couple too much in love with love to fall tidily into one another’s arms. Though it all works out finally, a mystery is left, plus the fear of how easily good people can miss their chances.

– David Thomson

PRODUCER

Ernst Lubitsch

PRODUCTION

MGM

CAST

Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut, Felix Bressart

SCREENPLAY

Samson Raphaelson

CINEMATOGRAPHY

William H. Daniels (black&white)

EDITING

Gene Ruggiero

SCORE

Werner R. Heymann

ART DIRECTION

Cedric Gibbons

DECADE

EDITION