简介：Polishwriter/directorAleksanderFord'sEighthDayoftheWeektakesanastonishinganti-Communiststance--thefirstofmanythatwouldcompelFordtoleavehishomelandafterageneralgovernmentalcrackdownonpersonalexpressionin1968.ZbigniewCybulskiandSonjaZiemannplayamarriedcouplewhofallthroughthecracksofRedbureaucracyinWarsaw.Thefilmdoesnotendeavortopreach,merelytopresentamatter-of-factglanceathowlittletheindividualmatterswhenconfrontedwithmountainsofredtape.Uponitscompletionin1958,thegovernmentrefusedtoallowEighthDayoftheWeektobeshowninPoland;itwouldnotbeenseenanywhereuntilitsEuropeanreleaseoneyearlater.AccordingtotheeditorsofBlockbusterGuidetoMoviesandVideo,mostexistingprintshavebeendubbedintoGerman. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_Ford PolishfilmmakerAleksanderFordplayedakeyroleinestablishinghiscountry'sinternationalreputationforexcellentcinema.OneofFord'sprotegeswasperhapstheworld'sbest-respectedPolishdirector,AndrzejWajda. Afterayearofmakingshortsilentfilms,Fordmadehisfirstfeature-lengthfilm,Mascotte/Mascot,in1930.Hedidnotusesounduntilhissophomoreeffort,LegionUlicy/TheLegionoftheStreet(1932).WhenWorldWarIIerupted,FordwenttotheSovietUniontoworkcloselywithJerzyBossakandestablishthefilmunitforthePolishmilitary.Afterthewar,Fordheadedthegovernment-controlledFilmPolski.AnopponentofthecommunisttakeoverofPoland,FordattemptedtousehisfilmstovoicehisdiscontentandexposetheeffectsofthenewregimeuponJewsandthepoor,asinhisdocumentariesDrogaMlodych/StreetoftheYoung(1936)andtheaward-winningOsmyDzienTygodnia/EighthDayoftheWeek(1959).BothfilmswerebannedinPoland.FordcontinuedmakingfilmsinPolanduntilaresurgenceofanti-Semitismduringthe1960sledhimtospendtwoyearsinIsrael.FordlaterlivedinDenmarkandeventuallysettledintheU.S.A.…