Alex Ramati

The original, uncut version as shown back in 1988. The full cut disappeared at the same time Socialist Poland did, all the copies known were destroyed, and all the home video versions were heavily edited leaving problematic political stuff (clocking around 1 hour of video!) out. Polish Film Institute claimed to have been looking for the full cut, but yet they issued a remastered 122-minute long American cut for the 30th anniversary edition.
But luckily the movie was shown on TV in Chechoslovakia in late 80's-early 90's, and some person taped it on a used VHS cassette. Then a collector from Russia bought and ripped it in mid-2000's, and finally he traded it to me for some other rare stuff allowing to share it here.… (més)