简介：Bornintopeasantryandhardenedbyfactorylabors,Szczesny(JozefNowak)hasembracedthetenetsofcommunism.Now,theradicalizedPolishmangetstoexperiencewhatthatphilosophicaltransitionmeansintherealworldwhenheunexpectedlyfallsinlove.Writer/directorJerzyKawalerowicz'ssensitivefollow-uptohis"Cellulose"co-starsLucynaWinnicka,JerzySzpunar. TheThirdfilmfromlegendaryPolishFilmSchooldirectorJerzyKawalerowicz.It'sthesecondpartofKawalerowicz's"CelluloseDiptych",andacompletelyself-containedfilminitsownright,UNDERTHEPHRYGIANSTARpicksupthestoryofSzczesnyafterhehasbecomeafull-timecommunistmilitant.Thefilmoffersafascinatinglookatthepoliticalandsociallandscapeofpre-warPoland,withthevariousintriguesandrivalriesevenbetweengroupsostensiblyonthesamesideofthepoliticalstruggle.DuringthistimeSzczesnymeetsMadzia,withwhomhesoonfallsinlove.Thedevelopingrelationshipbetweenthemissetagainstthegrowingconfrontationbetweenthepre-warPolishgovernmentandthelabormovement,culminatinginmassivestreetactions.…