Film costumes from CeTA collection at Four Domes’ Pavilion
The exhibition showcases film costumes from some of the celebrated Polish cinematic productions completed at Wrocław’s Feature Film Studio.
Costumes from Poland’s most celebrated cinematic productions by the legendary Wrocław-based Feature Film Studio, as well as costume designs, elements of stage design and photographic records, will be showcased in an exhibition organised by the Four Domes’ Pavilion, National Museum in Wrocław, in collaboration with the CeTA Centre for Audiovisual Technology. The costumes on display were sported by a stellar group of performers, including Zbyszek Cybulski, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Kalina Jędrusik, Leon Niemczyk or Anna Dymna, in films such as Ash and Diamonds, The Saragossa Manuscript, Our Folks or The Doll.
In November 2011, Wrocław’s Feature Film Studio was transformed into the CeTA Centre for Audiovisual Technology, which took over the studio’s wardrobe department. In 2013, on the initiative of CeTA Director Robert Banasiak, PhD, and with subsidies from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, a pioneering programme began to restore selected costumes under the supervision of costume designer Maria Duffek. It is no coincidence that the costumes are on display at the Four Domes’ Pavilion. For several dozen years, the building was the property of Wrocław’s Feature Film Studio. Cinematic productions were shot and edited in its interiors, which were also used for storage or as props departments. In 2009, the building was transferred to the National Museum in Wrocław; from 2013–2015 it was renovated and restored to its original function as an exhibition space.
The exhibition showcases costumes featured in cinematic productions that span the Polish October of 1956 and the decline of Communist Poland in the late 1980s. The era is marked by two symbolic films: Ash and Diamonds (1958), which is a masterpiece of the Polish Film School, and The Curse of Snake Valley (1987), a domestic variation on the global New Adventure Cinema.
Associated events:
For adults
22nd September, 17.00
On Friday at five o’clock, feel free to join a curator’s tour with Małgorzata Możdżyńska-Nawotka,
admission by ticket to temporary exhibition
6th and 20th October, 3rd and 17th November, 1st and 15th December, 17.00
On Friday at five o’clock, feel free to join a tour of the exhibition combined with a visit to the CeTA Centre for Audiovisual Technology,
admission by ticket to temporary exhibition
1st October, 11.00
The Art of Film Costume Design,
lecture by Małgorzata Możdżyńska-Nawotka
admission free
15th October, 16.00
Film Costumes: Inspirations and Design
lecture by Maria Duffek,
admission free
9th December, 18.00
Best Polish Film Music in Concert
Wrocław Chamber Orchestra
For children
—workshops suitable for children aged 3–5.
17th September, 11.00
Fops and Dandies, or Fashionable Kids of the Past (by Iwona Gołaj)
24th September, 11.00
Dressing the Future (by Alicja Abramowicz)
24th September, 11.00
Fashionable Workshop (by Monika Krzysztofińska)
19th November, 11.00
Feathered Caps (by Alicja Abramowicz)
17th December, 11.00 and 13.00
Elegant Ladies, Refined Men
(by Alicja Abramowicz)
—workshops suitable for children aged 6-10.
23rd September, 11.00
Grand Stages (by Monika Krzysztofińska)
16th December, 11.00
New Collection (by Monika Krzysztofińska)
—workshops suitable for children aged 8–12.
Creating Short Classical Animated Films
14th October, 11.00–15.00
In Search of a Lost Hat
(by Adrian Jackowski)
18th November, 11.00–15.00
(Un)fashionable Shoe (by Adrian Jackowski)
Admission 3 PLN. Registration: landline 71 71 27 181,
Registration starts a week before each workshop.
